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 >> JavaScript<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unobtrusive_JavaScript>coding >> (DOM Scripting <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOM_Scripting>), in an >> effort to place an emphasis on agreed-upon best practices while allowing >> similar effects in an accessible, standards-compliant >> way<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Enhancement> >> . > > Some disadvantages of DHTML are that it is difficult to develop and > debug<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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+ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_5>, Mozilla >> Firefox <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox>2.0+, and >> Opera<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)> 7.0+, >> is aided by a shared Document Object Model. Basic DHTML support was >> introduced with Internet Explorer >> 4.0<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_4.0>, >> although there was a basic dynamic system with Netscape Navigator >> 4.0<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator> >> . > > > 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 >
