“… should make it easier to develop dynamic web pages that
work in most browsers, without having to code for both makes of
browser.”
“This article offers a quick view of some the incompatibilities
in how the Version 4 browsers interpreted the DOM, along with a
look at how the Version 5 browsers handle it differently.
“We also discuss the model-view-controller design paradigm,
which the DOM aspires to. MVC has become important to
user-interface programming because it emphasizes a design
discipline that maintains separation between content and
layout.
“Since some developers are understandably impatient to embark on
the possibilities offered by this new architecture for web pages,
we offer a simple dynamic document that shows how to change the
contents of a web page through the DOM.
“Finally, we offer a description of the World Wide Web
Consortium’s DOM standard, for those who may not be familiar with
it, or who could benefit from a refresh.”