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Re: DHTML and Screen Readers?

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Dec 1, 2005 2:20AM

On 30/11/05, Austin, Darrel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> DHTML is pretty much the old buzzword that has been superseded by the
> new buzzword AJAX. Basically a combination of HTML, CSS and Javascript
> (with AJAX adding the XMLHttpRequest).

Just a point of accuracy: Ajax is just a subset of DOM Scripting (the
new name for DHTML - basically JavaScript) that involves remotely
accessing data and services, while dynamically updating the page with
the new data.

Get a copy of Jeremy Keith's DOM Scripting [1] or Stuart Langridge's
DHTML Utopia [2]. They're both big on progressive enhancement, that is
applications that work in their basic form (HTML only) and then have
layers of presentation (CSS) and behaviour (DOM Scripting) added on
top for those user agents that can handle them.

Regards,

Tim

[1] http://domscripting.com/book/
[2] http://www.sitepoint.com/books/dhtml1/