Have you seen a news/blog site that uses as much Javascript as Lifehacker.com?

By Steven Rosenberg on August 16, 2011 12:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

The Lifehacker site with its Javascript-intensive navigation

I don't get over to Lifehacker all that often, but I decided to drop by today, and I was surprised by the way the site works.

Through the magic of Javascript, you navigate through stories on the right side of the screen, and they appear on the left.

For those disturbed by same, there used to be a "traditional view" button at Lifehacker. That button is now gone, as far as I know.

I'm ready to embrace the new functionality. It looks good. It works.

2 Comments

Colonel Panik said:

On the very top of every Gawker site there is a red space
that says "TOP STORIES" just to the right of that is a
graphic that is clickable which will give you the old style
blog view.

Peace, Bob

August 25, 2011 4:36 PM

Steven Rosenberg

said:

I see that now. It's an innocuous little graphic with no text telling you what it is or what it does. When you mouse over it, it says, "Switch to blog view."

September 1, 2011 10:12 AM