I am in need of \"Sortable Drag & Drop\" functionality and I\'m using jQuery. I can\'t really use jQuery UI, because for this project it would be an overhead (I\'d need to a
If you're sure not using a customized, minified and gzipped version jQueryUI which you can maintain and update...
...maybe one of the plugins from the following blog post fits your favor:
"17 jQuery Plugins for Easy and Efficient Reordering and Filtering Page Elements" http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2010/03/17-jquery-plugins-for-easy-and-efficient-reordering-and-filtering-page-elements.html
examples from the blogpost: "List Reorder" (<10KB) or "Sortable table rows with jQuery – Draggable rows" (<3KB)