blog last visited

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:

This is also accessible, as – if javascript is not available – 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.

See the javascript for this experiment.

Blog entry title 1

Tuesday, 30th March 2004

Curabitur wisi. Suspendisse potenti. Sed quis elit. Donec mollis purus sit amet nisl semper condimentum. Aliquam convallis, erat vitae faucibus tincidunt, nulla lacus molestie lorem, id ultricies diam orci et magna. Fusce faucibus nulla ultricies orci. Nulla malesuada justo id magna. Aliquam a ligula eget elit molestie iaculis. Suspendisse bibendum tellus at magna. Etiam vestibulum nonummy justo.This is the actual body of the blog entry.

Blog entry title 2

Wednesday, 31st March 2004

Sed orci elit, imperdiet a, accumsan vel, suscipit vel, leo. Curabitur id velit ut mi imperdiet vestibulum. Phasellus commodo, tortor sed pellentesque pharetra, odio neque adipiscing sapien, eu faucibus ipsum mauris eget sem. Sed sit amet nisl at neque sagittis egestas. Donec lobortis enim vitae erat. Suspendisse vulputate massa quis wisi. In tristique. Proin commodo, mi ac bibendum consequat, metus risus hendrerit leo, in tempus elit risus vel nunc. Curabitur mauris mi, vulputate at, accumsan id, feugiat ut, magna. Phasellus in magna vitae ante volutpat tempus. Duis laoreet. Vivamus id justo. Duis luctus cursus lorem. In nibh. Nunc viverra. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Aenean sollicitudin purus eget urna. Proin sed lacus. Maecenas leo quam, tristique et, dapibus ut, tincidunt a, lectus.

Blog entry title 3

Thursday, 1st April 2004

Suspendisse sapien arcu, aliquam vitae, mattis eu, rutrum non, nibh. Integer bibendum. Donec imperdiet, nibh ac vehicula elementum, lacus tellus rutrum elit, nec viverra augue nulla vitae ante. Ut ipsum risus, posuere eu, fermentum nec, tincidunt sagittis, lectus. Sed aliquet leo sed urna. Morbi purus elit, tempor vel, dictum a, vulputate sed, nulla. Donec diam. Duis vel quam. Nulla metus diam, tincidunt eu, pellentesque non, nonummy sed, urna. Etiam vulputate, ipsum id mollis cursus, lorem neque accumsan elit, quis pharetra mi velit eget lacus. Nulla tincidunt arcu non mauris. Curabitur dignissim, sapien sed bibendum gravida, felis odio mollis eros, ut fermentum libero odio vel ligula. Duis vitae quam. Vivamus sagittis leo vitae tortor. Fusce iaculis.