Poll: Are DHTML, Ajax, and DOM Scripting different animals?
Thursday June 14, 2007
You won't find a specification on DHTML, and the term dynamic HTML can mean something different on every site that you come to.
What does DHTML mean to you? Is there a difference between the Web 2.0 functionality we see on Web applications today and the DHTML animations of several years ago? Is one the offshoot of the other or are they completely different? What do you think?
Are DHTML, Ajax, and DOM Scripting different animals?
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- They are all completely different
- Ajax is like a child of DOM scripting, which is a child of DHTML
- They are similar but not related
- They are completely different
- What is Ajax and DOM Scripting?
Do you use Ajax or DOM scripting on your Web sites? What about DHTML? If you don't use them, why not?
“Ajax is like a child of DOM scripting, which is a child of DHTML”
That’s my take on it. No matter how you look at it though, they are great growing technologies that are as useful as they are fun to use.