> Are you testing your code on ie6 running on a 486?

I test all the way back to IE 5.5. Try browsing a site with a heavy jQuery dependency in IE 5.5 (StackOverflow is a nice example). Those sites tend to implode.

> Those 'Frankenstein' queries are ridiculously easy to read and to type.

You sure about that?

A: `$(someForm).find("input[name=whatever]")`;

B: `someForm.elements.whatever`;

B is quicker to execute, type, and read.

Try running some speed tests on `find`. You'll notice it's pretty inefficient.

> Nobody is searching the entire dom for matching nodes.

I should start counting the number of times I encounter `$(".stupid")` reading source code. The count would probably be in the thousands.

> What does that even mean in this context?? How does it further your point?

Using "CSS selectors" to traverse a tree of nodes is utterly stupid. That's what recursion/tree traversal algorithms are for. What's nice is tree traversal is rarely necessary. Selecting via `id` or `name` (through an `HTMLCollection`) is quick and easy.

> enlighten us then...

I've posted 3 comments now on this topic. Shall I link various DOM specs?