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On Tuesday 13 November 2001 12:53 pm, Brad Stone wrote: > Again, as I said before, this is all one which source you > use. DHTML, in it's entirety (since it's definition and > uses keep changing) is using CGI, Javascript, and > stylesheets or any combination of these. > > This is nothing new, it's just a term to encapsulate (whew.. > too much java these days) all of these web programming > techniques. That is not exactly accurate, Brad. Certainly the Term DHTML is used to encompass style sheets, Javascript, and HTML code and the term "Dynamic HTML" is used to encompass jsps, asps, and CGI. But the reason that DHTML goes beyond that is that it also is a reference to the new opcodes created for HTML and CSS to give browsers more power to create a GUI without needing to rely on the host machine to react to mouse movement or cursor actions. The new level of op-codes go well beyond the tags supported in previous levels of "standardized" static HTML. Because of that, much of what is DHTML is now supported only by IE, the only browser with the money to keep up. Including CSS into HTML is a little like including SQL into RPG. When you are done, it isn't really like saying, "Yeah, it is just RPG." If a whole new world of stuff is pushed into the SQL definition then the RPG application now supprts that. Same thing, but in the world of HTML the only browser with an income is the only one that can keep up with the new features. > Brad -- Chris Rehm javadisciple@earthlink.net And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart... ...Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:30-31
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