A neat WordPress theme built with the Ext JS JavaScript Library.
The only Some things I see wrong with it from playing with the demo:
- It doesn’t make use of browser history (jQuery History/Remote plugin).
- The user cannot navigate from post to post without going back to the home page.
Some very cool features:
- Using the Extras menu the user can view all of the recent comments on the site in a new tab of the interface.
- The user can easily switch between color schemes (also found in Extras menu).
Check it out: Ext JS Wordpress Theme
3 Comments
the _only_ things? the big “loading” graphic at the start didn’t get your attention? perhaps you didn’t try to browse the site with javascript disabled. concepts like this are just as damaging to accessibility as monolithic flash was. this isn’t a step forward, it’s a step backward.
I guess I didn’t think of the initial loading graphic since I was already on the page. You have very valid points on the accessibility that I should have considered.
I just thought it was cool just how flexible WordPress and the template system is.
it is indeed. you can always drop in ajax-wp.js to make your blog AJAX-y without breaking down the basic functioning of wordpress.