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Originally, HTML was not meant to have dynamic elements that show up when the user interacted with other elements. That is what links were for, and interaction with them meant a new page was loaded. In the olden days we were amazed to see a bunch of links in different states (link, active, visited) and we looked awe struck at a blurb of colour or a rectangle slowly turning into an image. These restrictions and the simplicity also had its merits: Sites were designed to tell us at any stage of our journey where we are and where other pages with related content are - a static navigation on one spot. The different link states made us realize where we have been already and what is new without any search effort. Deep sites never dared to show us links not related to this sub section in the main navigation - the sitemap, the search and internal promotions fulfiled that job nicely. Business - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under business/finance/loan/mortgage category Computers - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under computer hardware/software/peripheral category Internet - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing category Software - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under software category Web Design - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under web design/development category Web Hosting - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under web hosting category Web Promotion - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under search engine optimization/internet marketing category Web Resources - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under other web category Recreation - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under travel/hotel/cruise category Casino - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette category Health - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online pharmacy/hospital/health category Shopping - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under online shopping/gift category Miscellaneous - Click the link on the left to visit our partner sites under all other categories
DHTML" is not a standard; it is a marketing word, and there was a time when a new site needed to have a "DHTML" intro and elements, or else it would not show up in the "cool pages" lists of our web world. Browser shortcomings and newly emerging browsers triggering the need to change the scripts over and over again soon made it transparent though that "DHTML" was just not reliable enough. These incompatibilities and the high maintenance made many an obtrusive and badly designed web site go the way of the Dodo bird. We are now at a stage where we can create some of these effects in CSS only, and our Javascript skills have become more sophisticated. |
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