Because jQuery not supports namespaces and sometimes the user get XML with namespace defined, it is impossible to select element with unknown namespace but known element name. For example:

• if I know the namespace I can use $('ns\\\\:element') - the $('element') not works in all browsers

• in the jQuery 1.6.4 it was possible to use $('nodeName$=:element') to select and element with unknown namespace but in the 1.7 this not works

So the question is how to select elements in 1.7 with unknown namespace?