- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:03:09 +0100 (CET)
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
On 21 Jan, Jim Ley wrote: > "Joe Clark" <joeclark@joeclark.org> >> >Except of course you've got a very peculiar definition of "DHTML > menus"... >> >> So I ran this by an expert. > > Which is a rather offensive way of putting it... Agreed. However, I fully expect to be flamed for feeling offended. >> Longtime readers will be aware that I >> tend to do that. (And tend to know the experts.) Steven Champeon, >> coauthor of _Building Dynamic HTML GUIs_ <http://dhtml-guis.com/>, >> take it away! > > Authoring a book does not make someone more of an expert, than someone who > hasn't authored a book. I wish it was so. People seem to have mostly forgotten Alistair MacLeans definition of expert: "An expert can be loosely defined as a person who vaguely knows what he is talking about" - "Santorini" I have spent far too many hours being yelled at for disagreeing with Zeldman, and being told I should listen to my betters to even attempt to shake the fatigue that Mr. Clark's words bring. However: The definition of DHTML that I know, and that oddly enough seem to tally with my colleagues in "the field" so to speak, goes something like this: "The use of client-side scripting to, by way of a document object model, modify HTML and CSS" The object model in question may be an IE-specific one; a Netscape-specific one, or the WAI DOM. The scripting language can be Javascript, Jscript, ECMAscript, or - for that matter - Scheme. However, to quote a colleague: "I wouldn't agree with _any_ definition of DHTML. It's a vague and much abused marketing buzzword better replaced by more verboose terminology." I'd suggest not talking about "DHTML" at all; in particular not in documents of a technical and precise nature. (This must be the third time in twelve months we - atleast partially - agree on something, Jim. Scary trend ;) -- - Tina Holmboe Greytower Technologies tina@greytower.net http://www.greytower.net/ [+46] 0708 557 905
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