[Javve]

When I made the first version 2 years ago I thought that classes would feel more natural to newbies, but since then have data-attributes become pretty much standard in the community.

But today it's mostly a performance thing. List.js is supposed to be very fast and handle really long lists (check out http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/ it has 6000+ items)

[jops]

Excellent example use in the wild thanks, demonstrates your point well. And good to see list.js in the list. Bower rules. http://sindresorhus.com/bower-components/#!/search/list.js