So we either need “Multiple-Walters” or we need a simple way to make jQuery a bit more compatible as it actually is.
The point is, that there are a huge bunch of scripts based on jQuery out there, but only a handful of prototypes as I’m correct oriented.
Using jQuery in Freeway is really a pain, cause you can’t make sure if they match Freeway-Actions that you maybe need and even if you try to add a
it will not make sure to make them coexist. This is to me a big challenge and a need - but finally I’m a bit too shorthanded in figure the details out.
The same could be said for Mootools, or any other conflicting js library. This is a nut that Softpress will have to crack ultimately, if it is even possible.
I believe Weaver had a scheme he was working to address the multiple library issue but was forced to stop because of Freeway’s internal construction.
You might want to wander over to Scripteka and see what is on offer
for Prototype. jQuery has a lot of marketing muscle behind it, but
it’s not necessarily superior or even the right choice in all cases.
Libraries like Prototype are there because browsers vary so wildly in
their implementation of “standard” features. They are the spackle that
levels out the wall so your paint job looks good. You don’t
necessarily pick one because it’s the best looking, but because it can
make the rest of your work look the best.
jQuery has a rep for being somewhat easier to grasp for the novice
scripter and with the numerous available plugins I think it all helps
to draw a lot of proponents who may not otherwise want to put the time
in to learn a more “hands-on” library like Prototype. Hence it’s
popularity. That’s not to say it’s better or worse in absolute terms,
just different, with a slightly different user-base. And in some ways
less flexible.