Talk:Dynamic HTML

message: I noticed that this page needed a rewrite. DHTML is awesome. It's still not a wonderful article, but I clarified a few points. Personally, I think it needs a section on the history of DHTML, some examples, etc. Also, what version of Mozilla would be listed as a modern web browser? - Pingveno 03:38, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: See . — Ti89TProgrammer (talk) 17:16, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Right. DHTML does not equal the DOM. The fact remains, DHTML is at best a super set of HTML, JS, CSS and the DOM. Its an old term, thats fallen out of use mainly because its horribly unspecific. The term is also misleading, as it sounds like a specific technology, which it's not. -Lars  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.217.56 (talk) 12:31, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rewrite?

message: I would be interested in seeing Microsoft's claim that they invented DHTML addressed in this article. Often, specific names of Microsoft employees are mentioned as the inventors. If true, these facts deserve mention in the article. I'll dive into this some other day, but would like to hear what others have to say about it, too. --Dan 22:55, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: DHTML was first introduced by Microsoft in IE 4.0, to then be followed-up by Netscape in version 4.0 of their own browser.  Scott Isaacs (still with MS -- Developer of all of their technologies they have followed the trend and labeled Ajax - Live.com, MS Atlas, etc... are the work of Scott) developed the original specification, calling it Active HTML before deciding to change this to Dynamic HTML due to the problems they were having with the exploitation of ActiveX security holes -- See: , , and  for more info. --Xmlhacker 20:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This looks great. Now we just need to add the above to the article. Any volunteers? I don't have time ATM --Dan 01:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Microsoft and DHTML 

message: innerHTML attribute should not be used. It's not a part of the standard, just a firefox extension. Needs rewriting. countryhacker 23:03, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm...I think innerHTML is now standard. In fact, I think it was IE that did it first, see this article on innerHTML for IE 4.0 (way back when) http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/innerhtml.asp --Dan 00:48, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah i'm pretty sure its a de-facto standard originating from MS and copied by mozilla/netscape. Anyone care to check out konquror or safari? Plugwash 00:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Important note 

message: What's the difference between "unobtrusive javascript" and DHTML? Some explanation would be nice!
Gwinkless 10:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unobtrusive Javascript?? 

message: The "Structure of a web page" section seems a bit unclear; what exactly is it supposed to show? That script tags can be placed in both the head and body, and that external scripts can be used? Those familiar with JavaScript already know this, and those who don't may have difficulty understanding the mostly unannotated code. Also, I question the use of XHTML doctypes on this page's examples. “DHTML” is a rather old term which is probably most often used to describe HTML pages, and besides, the examples are invalid XHTML (they contain inline scripts not enclosed in CDATA sections). BuilderQ 22:20, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The sample code on this page 

message: I wonder if it would be OK to rewrite this article to talk about how DHTML is a term no longer used but used to refer to the amazing revolutionary idea of manipulating the DOM via JavaScript in 2006.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.172.164.160 (talk) 17:52, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Since the concept is no longer used (pretty much almost all HTML5 pages are "dynamic" now) and page literally has no third-party sources I propose this page is converted into a redirect to HTML5. Anton.bersh (talk) 10:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Entire concept is obsolete 

message: I propose we delete this article since:
:1. This term is not (and probably never was) notable -- there are literally no sources in the article which mention the term;
:2. This article has no sources and reads more like a guide
:3. This term is obsolete, so most likely there will be no new sources which could be used for this article
Anton.bersh (talk) 14:33, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it is not even remotely accurate to how the term was used. DHTML according to Uppsala University is when a compiled binary on the server generates the files dynamically, so that no JavaScript is necessary. DHTML is the technique that banks use today, where you have to load a new page to see updates from the database and send any request input through text in the URL. 2A00:801:408:78ED:4D47:6480:549A:F439 (talk) 09:33, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete this article