First jQuery 1.6 beta released

The official jQuery blog has the news that jQuery 1.6 is coming and, therefore, the beta version will allow everyone to check in advance whether the new code is compatible with their applications, make sure there are no problems, report any errors if necessary. Further.



The jQuery beta 1 code is available for download from the jQuery CDN .



The list of changes in this version consists of 45 lines mentioning 47 solved problems. For the most part, they are devoted to de-mulling (getting rid of bugs) and debugging (getting rid of lazhi), but there are a half-dozen interesting new products there:

• Like the .bind () method, the .delegate () and .live () methods now accept false as a function abbreviation of function () {return false;} .
  
  
• The .is () and .not () methods are now able to take DOM elements and jQuery collections as arguments.
  
  
• The .clean () method will not affect script elements that do not have the “text / javascript” type.
  
  
• The .css () method has added support for strings containing relative values.
  
  
• The new requestAnimationFrame function will be used instead of the previous setInterval for animations, if it exists in the browser.