Yes "document.querySelectorAll(selector)" is a bit verbose, but jQuery API is no better, do you know what would "$(selector)" actually do? You can't - it depends on what "selector" is.
Right. 35 characters.
> "…but jQuery API is no better"
Your jQuery example is 11 characters.
I can’t believe you’re using verbosity as a measurement, while at the same time claiming 35 and 11 are the same.
Does. Not. Compute.
The problem is that "jQuery" function, aliased as "$" has 9 signatures (doing 9 different things, depending on which arguments you send to it), while querySelectorAll does only one thing