[RFC] Update jQuery included in 3.1 to 1.11.0

[Sumanai]

What's the problem? Use the code

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<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="./forum/assets/js/jquery-1.11.x.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 9]><!-->
<script src="./forum/assets/js/jquery-2.0.x.js"></script>
<!--<![endif]-->

2.0.x to connect to modern browsers, and in 1.9.x obsolete.

[DavidIQ]

Because we don't want to be including two versions of the same library especially if they're both functionally the same? If you read through the rest of this topic you'll see that there is no benefit for end users, extension writers, or administrators in going with version 2.0 and breaking compatibility with older browsers. Nothing is lost by going with 1.11 and nothing would be gained in going with 2.0.

[Sumanai]

Will benefit in speed. Since version 2.0 does not pull the cargo compatibility with older browsers, it is faster and weighs less.

[nickvergessen]

You will notice the 0.01 seconds in loading

[MattF]

Will benefit in speed. Since version 2.0 does not pull the cargo compatibility with older browsers, it is faster and weighs less.

No. jQuery 2 is 12.7 kb smaller. Hardly a savings worth anything, especially considering after it's first loaded, it's cached.

The loss of functionality to all users on IE8 and below far outweighs the above.

jQuery 2.0 is intended for modern web-apps targeted only at modern browsers. phpBB is no such project. phpBB still needs to cast as wide a net of compatibility as possible.

[Sumanai]

You will notice the 0.01 seconds in loading

Overhead to perform redundant code compatibility with older IE will accumulate.

The loss of functionality to all users on IE8 and below far outweighs the above.

Look at the code that I posted above. It allows you to load jQuery in modern browsers, and jQuery 1.x in IE 8 and older.

jQuery 2.0 is intended for modern web-apps targeted only at modern browsers.

jQuery 2.0-just a continuation of jQuery 1.x, the same library. Its concept has not changed.

[MattF]

Look at the code that I posted above.

They're not putting in nasty IE-only conditional comments (hacks) to load one version for old IE and another for all else. This is a moot point.

[Sumanai]

This code works stably, it is valid markup.

[PayBas]

This code works stably, it is valid markup.

I think your pleading is to no avail. I don't see it happening for 3.1 .

But nobody is stopping you from implementing it on your board

[M.Gaetan89]

What do you think about using the newly released jQuery 1.11.1?