jQuery 1.4, released in January 2010, was the JavaScript library almost every site used to animate menus, load content with Ajax and paper over browser differences, especially Internet Explorer's. jQuery UI and the new jQuery Mobile alpha (October 2010) extended it to widgets and touch interfaces.
- Vendor
- jQuery Project (John Resig)
- Version
- 1.4
- Released
- 14 January 2010
- Type
- software
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