DOM4 includes mutation methods: append(), prepend(), before(), after(), replace(), and remove(), potentially taking a variety of argument types (nodes, strings). Would be great to (1) benchmark and (2) leverage these methods in Bonzo (when they are available!).
remove() is already in WebKit with the rest to come.
/ht @paulirish @ https://plus.google.com/u/0/113127438179392830442/posts/KLfpJKLDEsv