Hi,
@erickb : It's a step in the right direction, along with the Vex popup system that you can use instead of the mootools or bootstrap popup system. Note that you can already have a HikaShop website without mootools loaded as long as you don't use any feature which needs it (no add to cart popup notice, no carousel, the "popup mode" set to "bootstrap", etc).
The next release, HikaShop 3, will have a complete new checkout and add to cart system and that will remove mootools from there so the only place left will be in the carousel system.
@rockettboost : I don't see the point in being so agressive. Maybe we're not working on that as fast as you hoped, and I understand that you might want to use something else, but you can see that we're moving forward on the issue.