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11th April 2010 - Link Blog

What's wrong with extending the DOM. Detailed explanation of the problems that crop up from extending built-in DOM objects using JavaScript, from Prototype developer kangax. Prototype 2.0 will be dropping this technique entirely—will MooTools follow suit?

Posted 11th April 2010 at 10:03 pm

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