DHTML -- (Dynamic HyperText Markup Language). DHTML refers to web pages that use a combination of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to create features such as fancy drop-down nav bars, letting the user drag items around on the web page, some simple kinds of animation, and many more.

Some aspects of DHTML coding will work only in certain browsers - usually the latest browsers. However, in some cases, older browsers handle fancy DHTML coding better, as in the first example below..

Since almost all the latest browsers support this technology, DHTML coding has become very popular. HTML editors such as Dreamweaver and Web graphics programs such as Fireworks make DHTML coding very simple, even for non-programmers. To learn more about how this sophisticated coding works, try this DHTML Tutorial.

Here are a few examples of DHTML usage, so that you may judge for yourself what practical applications may be found for this clever new technology: