The old Icon class was static, requiring users to manage CSS files.  Thus, was not really a fix, but just a convenience.

Here comes Ext.ux.TDGi.iconMgr.  A utility class that automatically sets styles for  you.  It creates and appends to a stylesheet in the dom, eliminating the need to manage CSS entirely.  The icon set contains images in PNG and GIF (IE6), and automatically selects which to use.

example: http://tdg-i.com/js/examples/ext/tdgiux/TDGi.iconMgr/

Icon Sources:
http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/ and http://www.damieng.com/icons/silkcompanion

Example usage:

Download: zip or tar-gzip (tgz)

I finally found the time to add a simple contact forum to the site.  I realize it’s not overly complex, but It is one step further to my dream of using Ext for many of the functions of wordpress

The excellent famfamfam silk icon set has been repackaged to include related CSS and JS for use with Ext.

TDGi.icons.tgz

TDGi.icons.zip
This can be used anywhere iconCls is a config option. I.e.:

SideFlow, created by MediaEvent Services is a pretty radical way of providing a ‘CoverFlow’ effect with pure Javascript.  I’ll be honest, I am disappointed with the speed, but expected it to perform the way it is.  I mean it is javascript.    I still have to say that it’s very impressive.

According to the blog article, it uses  the Tigra Slider control, Scriptaculous and Prototype