Microsoft's Vision of DHTML

The Document object model enables any element on a page to be shown hidden, changed, or rearranged without reloading the page from the server

Microsoft's implementation of the DOM is that it is not specific to Windows or ActiveX. It appears to be built into the HTML parser as part of the browser.

A way to control elements on a page through scripts, including JavaScript and VBScript. The scripting languages include objects that relate to the various elements on the page as defined by the Document Object Model.

Page developers can examine and change the attribute or content of any element on the page referenced by the DOM. Multimedia controls for animation and other effects, such as filters and transitions, without downloading large files. This has been implemented through Cascading Style Sheets with the use of filters for fade in, fade , out, and other effects. A way to bind data to an HTML page, including automatic generation of tables, sorting tabular data, and querying local tables.

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