rocknbil - 6:40 pm on Dec 8, 2009 (gmt 0)

Well put, to which I will only add . . .

Developers and clients alike tend to forget the fundamental premise of the Internet, to distribute information to everyone, regardless of environment or disabilities. I say developers and clients alike because clients - he/she who has the dollar - train us as developers to focus on presentation alone, this is why we're paying you. impress "me" - because I know what my visitors will want, which is not often the case.

So many developers get it backwards, and justify their decisions with statements like "90% of people have Javascript on anyway" (not picking on you, just using it as an example.) 10% of billions is a lot of people to eliminate.

I apologize for turning this away from a celebration of jQuery's award, it really is a magnificent tool to add to your arsenal. Just develop your applications so they work first without it . . . then enhance the app with jQuery. :-)