I chose the $$ViewTemplatedefault approach for my rewrite of DomBlog. It makes for much more consistent presentation (though sometimes inadequate) and you can completely leave the ?open parm out if you choose, though I didn't carry it to that end.
I think the opportunities here are in
* cleaning up your URLs,
* consolidating your design, and
* avoidance of being overly reliant on server side processing of query args which add a smidge to performance drag.
Keeping those goals in mind, as Jake says, there are more than one way to skin a cat - use what suits your situation best.
I chose the $$ViewTemplatedefault approach for my rewrite of DomBlog. It makes for much more consistent presentation (though sometimes inadequate) and you can completely leave the ?open parm out if you choose, though I didn't carry it to that end.
I think the opportunities here are in
* cleaning up your URLs,
* consolidating your design, and
* avoidance of being overly reliant on server side processing of query args which add a smidge to performance drag.
Keeping those goals in mind, as Jake says, there are more than one way to skin a cat - use what suits your situation best.