[fw-mvc] AJAX, Basic HTML and Zend MVC

Hello Nabble community,

I am currently developing an application and re-creating the interface to
use more javascript controls and other cool features. The application
already has an existing user interface, functional, very usable.

I wanted to change the entire interface, add some Dijit Layout containers,
etc. This would mean that I would recreate my Zend Layout scripts and change
all my view files to work with these changes.

I can imagine that a lot of controller code would also be touched, just to
handle sending and receiving data in JSON for example.

I would like to hear the opinions and approaches of other Zend Framework
users in determining how one could, for example, provide the end user with a
login and the option to select the "Advanced HTML" or "Basic HTML" versions
of the same interface.

Would one, for example, create a separate MVC application and separate all
common code into classes? (Which should be done anyway). Then would you
rewrite the router based on their login preference?

Perhaps you'd prefer to keep the controllers intact and just change the view
scripts? (The point of MVC :) ). If that's the case, would you make a custom
viewRenderer to choose the correct view script? E.g. index.phtml or
index-ajax.phtml or index-iphone.phtml?

I hope I've explained it well enough, sorry to be dragging this on :)

Thanks in advance!
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