Hi coding team,

Piwigo already loads jQuery by default in the administration. Since Piwigo 2.0 if I remember correctly. Some very popular themes like Stripped or Simple are already loading jQuery. Some popular plugins are already loading jQuery on gallery side: RV Gmaps, Image Preview, Community (only on the upload page), autosize, GThumb, RV Thumbnail Scroller...

On [Subversion] r13683, because I wanted to make it simple, I also used jQuery on picture.php for a show/hide function. As it was also used on thumbnails.tpl (Ajax load of thumbnails) and also on Elegant theme, after a short discussion with P@t I have added the load of jQuery in the default header.tpl. But the question needs to be clearly discussed: should Piwigo load jQuery by default?

My opinion is that Piwigo 2.4 should load jQuery by default. So many websites (including piwigo.org) are using jQuery now that it has become nearly unavoidable. Modern web browsers are very fast with jQuery. I don't see why we keep the constraint of avoiding jQuery in Piwigo core.