So, I could either create a MooTools implementation of swfaddress, or rewrite my site’s js with jQuery and use the plugin. Both choices seemed like interesting challenges, and I eventually decided to shift to jQuery. My personal preference in js frameworks is MooTools, but professionally I always seem to be tasked with using jQuery. I wanted to see if I could duplicate the functionality of my site without any noticeable differences. After digging up a plugin that added some nicer easing equations for the jQuery animations, I was able to duplicate all of the MooTools functionality. I still need to do so performance comparisons, but it seems about the same.

Adding the browser history layer was remarkably easy. There is still some tweaking and refinement to do, but the basic functionality is in place and seems to be working as advertised.

For comparison, the original MooTools implementation can be viewed here: http://jeffreyisham.com?js=mt.