Mootools 1.2 has been released today, along with a fancy site redesign. But has it kept to its roots?

I thought Mootools was getting a bit bloated with core functions like Array.rgbToHex(), and the file size has grown from 1.11 to 1.2, but surprisingly, it’s smaller than jQuery. Here’s a rundown of file sizes for popular js libraries (uncompressed):

• Mootools: 90kb
• jQuery: 97kb
• Prototype: 123kb

But does file size matter much now that Google is hosting js libraries? Google does all the work of gzipping them and everything. Sure opens up our options if everyone starts using it.

If you haven’t been following along, JibberBook 2.1.2 was released this Thursday. It includes a security update for HTML Purifier and a bug fix. It also fixes the broken 2.1.1 build, released a few days earlier. It’s my fault and I apologize. I figured updating HTML Purifier wouldn’t require testing, but I was wrong and [...]

Hi. I’m Chris and I have a JavaScript library addiction. I’m guessing I’m not the only.
As I was redesigning JibberBook.com, I was trying to locate a small library to create a tab script. The minimum stuff I needed for Mootools amounted to around 32kb YUI compressed (I’m not too happy about Mootools anymore), and jQuery [...]

This release packs in a bunch of new features. Here’s a quick run-down:
Email Notifications and RSS
Now it’s a lot easier to know when you’ve got new comments. If you provide an email address in the config file, the comment will also be emailed to you. If you’d prefer not to do that, you can subscribe [...]