Implicitly add methods to constructor's prototype in JavaScript

Question

The following is a code snippet from Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts:

Function.prototype.method = function (name, func) {
  this.prototype[name] = func;
  return this;
};

Crockford goes onto explain that

"By augmenting Function.prototype with a method method, we no longer have to type the name of the prototype property. That bit of ugliness can now be hidden."

I'm basically at a loss to understand this point. What did we have to do before that we no longer have to do now?

Answer 1

He's saying that instead of writing:

MyType.prototype.myMethod = function() {
    ..
};

you can write this:

MyType.method("myMethod", function() {
    ...
});

with the possibility (given the return this) of dot-chaining another call:

MyType.method("method1", function() {
    ...
}).method("method2", function() {
    ...
});

Meh.