tsvensen

Flexbox is a great solution, but only partially supported as of right now for the latest releases of the major browsers (IE9 and below, no support):

http://caniuse.com/#feat=flexbox

Great article on the latest version of flexbox: http://github.com/doctyper/flexie

So flexbox will work, but it is a bit unstable right now.

Good call on a non-js version, this was abstracted from some code for a larger project. When I find the time I'll update the repo with a branch for a non-jQuery version, but there are plenty of simple scripts out there.

Also, jQuery is 32KB minified and gzip'd AND that's if it's not already cached. Using the Google CDN helps as well, chances are you may not even be downloading it. Not looking to get into a jQuery vs. js debate.

"I don't always write jQuery, but when I do, I use Javascript"