What's the difference between `on` and `live` or `bind`?

Question

In jQuery v1.7 a new method, on was added. From the documentation:

‘The .on() method attaches event handlers to the currently se

Answer 1

live is the shortcut for .on() now

//from source http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.js
live: function( types, data, fn ) {
    jQuery( this.context ).on( types, this.selector, data, fn );
    return this;
}

also this post may be usefull for you http://blog.jquery.com/2011/11/03/jquery-1-7-released/