The DOM kinda scares me...

Okay, that's not really true, but the word is pretty mafia-like, don't you think? Anyway, the DOM or Document Object Model is a really powerful tool for manipulating your Web pages. For one thing, you can use the DOM to "browser sniff" without ever knowing (or caring) what browser your customers are using. Why? because you can use the DOM to find out if their browser supports the functions you want to use. If it does, great, if it doesn't, then you won't display those dynamic elements. Hurray! No more tedious "if Ie6 then x;" scripts!

• What is the DOM?

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