I vote for HTML5 On May 29, 2010, at 5:14 AM, Raju Bitter wrote:
> And here's the link to John's blog post: > http://my-thoughts-exactly.wetmachine.com/content/smashwords-ipad-doctorow-zeldman-further-bumbling-self-publishing-adventures > > On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Raju Bitter > <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you ever thought about renaming the "DHTML" button to Ajax, or even > better: HTML5? > > Technically OpenLaszlo already supports some HTML5 features, so you could say > it's "HTML5 enabled", or whatever you want to call it. It's just that people > don't have any idea what DHTML is. Just check this comment in John Sundman's > blog: > I thought Laszlo compiled to Flash, or am I misinformed? I see that it > supports DHTML too-also, but since I don’t know what DHTML actually means, > that says to me it’s not a Big Deal. I’m probably wrong. Explain why! > > I've heard it over and over in the past years that people are saying: Why do > you call Ajax support "DHTML"? Just check the Wikipedia article on DHTML: > The term "DHTML" has fallen out of use in recent years, as DHTML scripts > often tended to not work well between various web browsers. DHTML may now be > referred to as unobtrusive JavaScriptcoding (DOM Scripting), in an effort to > place an emphasis on agreed-upon best practices while allowing similar > effects in an accessible, standards-compliant way. > Some disadvantages of DHTML are that it is difficult to develop and debug due > to varying degrees of support among web browsers of the technologies > involved, and that the variety of screen sizes means the end look can only be > fine-tuned on a limited number of browser and screen-size combinations. > Development for relatively recent browsers, such as Internet Explorer 5.0+, > Mozilla Firefox2.0+, and Opera 7.0+, is aided by a shared Document Object > Model. Basic DHTML support was introduced with Internet Explorer 4.0, > although there was a basic dynamic system with Netscape Navigator 4.0. > > DHTML just sounds so old-school, before RIA and Ajax, just out-dated. Wonder > how many people would google for "DHTML RIA" instead of "HTML5 RIA"? And > check Google trends (or attached screenshots): > http://www.google.com/trends?q=html5%2Cajax%2Cdhtml%2Cria > > And another point is: in high-level management presentations people will much > more likely know the term Ajax or HTML5 than the term DHTML. I've met enough > people that don't have any clear understanding what DHTML means, but no-one > ever told me that it's a good name for the capabilities. > > Raju >
