Prototype 1.6.1: faster, cleaner, more command

Congratulations to Andrew Dupont (Andrew Dupont) and Toby Langel (Tobie Langel) (the new official co-host of the Prototype core) with the release of the new 1.6.1 :

• Full compatibility with new browsers. This version of Prototype fully supports 1.0 and larger versions of Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 8 in both compatibility and super-standard versions.
• Saving metadata in items. Easily combine javascript script key and value pairs with DOM elements. Look at the blog post that started it .
• New mouse events. Internet Explorer’s proprietary events — mouseenter and mouseleave — are now available for all browsers.
• Improved speed and economy. The frequently used methods Function # bind, String # escapeHTML and Element # down have become faster, and Prototype is better at tidying up.
• Assembled with Sprockets. You can now include the Prototype source code repository in your application and use Sprockets for dependency management and distribution.
• Internal documentation by PDoc. Our API documentation is now stored inside the source code via PDoc, so it’s easier to send patches or see documentation for a specific version.

For details, see the RC2 blog posts , RC3 blog posts , and CHANGELOG .

Here are some nice changes. Although with genuine anxiety I expect to see the work of the new Prototype 2.0 and how the team will restart Prototype.