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> DHTML, which stands for “distributed HTML” > Sites like Dynamic Drive meant that instead of thinking through creative solutions for problems you face, you co

by donatj 3y ago

> DHTML, which stands for “distributed HTML” > Sites like Dynamic Drive meant that instead of thinking through creative solutions for problems you face, you could just copy and paste this 50 line block of code and everything would be fixed. DHTML in this context stood for Dynamic HTML, not “distributed”, hence the Dynamic of Dynamic Drive.

layer8 3y ago
I was wondering if this was meant to allude to the “you could just copy and paste” a bit further down. And maybe a riff on DCOM.
xnorswap 3y ago
Discussed down-thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127528 Conclusion was that it's a joke, but not a good one.
blantonl 3y ago
"Technology of Terror" as the description still stands though with no rebuttal.
TravisCooper 3y ago
So, so much time spent on DynamicDrive. It was the future. Thanks for the reminder!
beauzero 3y ago
A person I know won a Microsoft contest when this was first announced and rolled out. Here's to you Scotty. A very smart person at a company full of them in the late 90's. I was one of the dumbest around in a place packed with talent. Never worked at a place as smart since.
SpaceNoodled 3y ago
Wow, he really did find the No Fun Crowd here.
gscott 3y ago
Coping scripts from Dynamic Drive made people think I was some sort of Web God.
balls187 3y ago
> DHTML, which absolutely stands for “distributed HTML” because that’s the name and this isn’t obvious bait for the no fun crowd at Hacker News That was meant as a joke, which you misquoted. Edit to add: others made the same misquote, so I wonder if the author cheekily edited it recently.
- LVB 3y ago
  Indeed... it was different 4 days ago :) https://web.archive.org/web/20240121220542/https://zachholman.com/posts/only-90s-developers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240121220542/https://zachholma...
- donatj 3y ago
  I copy/pasted. The author is up to shenanigans.
  - AtlasBarfed 3y ago
    no, they probably needed to emphasize the joke aspect to the pedantic army of superior IQ readers.

by donatj 3y ago

layer8 3y ago

I was wondering if this was meant to allude to the “you could just copy and paste” a bit further down. And maybe a riff on DCOM.

xnorswap 3y ago

Discussed down-thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127528 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39127528 Conclusion was that it's a joke, but not a good one.

blantonl 3y ago

"Technology of Terror" as the description still stands though with no rebuttal.

TravisCooper 3y ago

So, so much time spent on DynamicDrive. It was the future. Thanks for the reminder!

beauzero 3y ago

A person I know won a Microsoft contest when this was first announced and rolled out. Here's to you Scotty. A very smart person at a company full of them in the late 90's. I was one of the dumbest around in a place packed with talent. Never worked at a place as smart since.

SpaceNoodled 3y ago

Wow, he really did find the No Fun Crowd here.

gscott 3y ago

Coping scripts from Dynamic Drive made people think I was some sort of Web God.

balls187 3y ago

> DHTML, which absolutely stands for “distributed HTML” because that’s the name and this isn’t obvious bait for the no fun crowd at Hacker News That was meant as a joke, which you misquoted. Edit to add: others made the same misquote, so I wonder if the author cheekily edited it recently.

LVB 3y ago
Indeed... it was different 4 days ago :) https://web.archive.org/web/20240121220542/https://zachholman.com/posts/only-90s-developers/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240121220542/https://zachholma...
donatj 3y ago
I copy/pasted. The author is up to shenanigans.
- AtlasBarfed 3y ago
  no, they probably needed to emphasize the joke aspect to the pedantic army of superior IQ readers.