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Small experiment, trying to realise a possible implementation of some of the ideas outlined by Eric Meyer.

Though I see no reason why a server-side plugin couldn't offer the kind of functionality I just described. It would require more roundtrips to the server as posts are expanded and collapsed, I suppose. It would still be worth trying.

What I would propose is a hybrid solution, combining the strength of server-side and client-side coding.

This experiment only implements the client-side part of this potential solution, and reuses code I previously used in past experiments to generate expand/collapse buttons.

This is also accessible, as &ndash if javascript is not available &ndash the blog just displays as usual, with all posts expanded. A useful addition could be adding a "skip to new entries" link, again generated server-side based on the ID of the first entry that isn't marked as old.

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01/04/2004

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