<div id="foo">

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<span name="bar">test</span>

<input type="text" name="bar" />

</div>

<script type='text/javascript'>

var temps = $("#foo > span[name=bar]")

alert( temps.length )

</script>

</body>

this only seems to work with :

<script type='text/javascript' src='jquery-1.4.1.min.js'></script>

does not work with:

<script type='text/javascript' src='jquery-1.4.1.js'></script>

<script type='text/javascript' src='jquery-1.4.1.pack.js'></script>

There are many ways around this (exotic attribut, class ...), but my point is why doesn't it work with other than min version ?