Ever seen this Steve Jobs video? That’s how we feel right now, Boom!

We’ve added an often-requested feature, kinda.

Some have complained that the search & menu drop downs don’t work, along with the post-excerpt drop down functions, ajax, etc. Those effects are all done using Prototype-based javascript. On some installations, users may have other plugins which are loading similar scripts, and because WPtouch doesn’t interfere with the loading of those plugins, the scripts get loaded with WPtouch and effectively disable its effects and advanced features.

So we decided the best way around that was to create a fucntion which would change the way that javascript effects work with WPtouch, and bypass the loading of Prototype altogether. This has multiple advantages:

• Fixes the broken drop downs, replacing them with DOM javascript actions
• Kills 100KB of javascript from having to load, speeding up the loading of WPtouch considerably
• Loading WPtouch-enabled sites over 3G is now FAST! Even on EDGE, the speed is now very comfortable (this depends on what other plugins you use, and the scripts they load, however)

For those of you who have no issues with WPtouch the way it is, the advanced javascript will still load just fine, and the regular features that WPtouch employs will work just fine. You may want to try both, and see which you prefer.

What’s Included?

- In addition to the new javascript control feature, we’ve added:

• Proper styling of YouTube embedded videos in mobileSafari running on iPhone’s with the 2.0 software
• We’ve also baked in a fix for some of you who had issues with the switch links (between WPtouch and your site’s regular theme)
• A number of styling tweaks were made, cleaning up the appearance of shaded text, and some spacing issues for longer post and page titles
• A number of corrections and cleanups for redundant code

The update is available through your WordPress admin panel for WordPress 2.5+ users, WordPress’ plugin repository, and through the website, here.