Be sure to correct all the people who are using the term “cool” for things other than relative temperature, as it was originally defined.
See also the dictionary fallacy, and again descriptivism vs prescriptivism.
Additionally, even leaving alone the div/dynamic language issue, there really isn’t a point in usage history where DHTML came without JS — believe me, I was doing it when the term first came into usage. JS was required for nearly all dynamic behavior.
DHTML is literally just HTML that is dynamically modified by JavaScript. DHTML became a term when JavaScript became ubiquitous. It was not an extension.
Accurate to some substantial usage, whatever definitional inaccuracy or backronym action is in play.
Descriptivism usually reflects some reality no matter the intended prescriptives.
No, sorry. It's factually inaccurate. DHTML stood for Dynamic HTML, it was an extension before Javascript and whatnot was added.
Be sure to correct all the people who are using the term “cool” for things other than relative temperature, as it was originally defined.
See also the dictionary fallacy, and again descriptivism vs prescriptivism.
Additionally, even leaving alone the div/dynamic language issue, there really isn’t a point in usage history where DHTML came without JS — believe me, I was doing it when the term first came into usage. JS was required for nearly all dynamic behavior.
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DHTML is literally just HTML that is dynamically modified by JavaScript. DHTML became a term when JavaScript became ubiquitous. It was not an extension.
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