Microsoft Corp, currently battling it out with Netscape Communications Corp to set the standard for dynamic HTML (CI No 3,117) has become the first of the two to name software vendors and Web content providers interested in using the technology into their own products. Both Microsoft and Netscape have embedded their own versions of dynamic HTML into their respective Internet Explorer and Communicator products. Dynamic HTML will enable the generation of active, rather than static Web pages, without resorting to Java applets or ActiveX controls. (CI No 3,038, CI No 3,114). Macromedia Inc has declared its interest in using Dynamic HTML in its Backstage HTML site creation tool. Microsoft also said that Borland International Inc, The Carsey-Werner Company, Sybase Inc’s Powersoft division, Time Warner Inc, Wired Digital Inc, and Ziff-Davis Inc’s ZDNet have all announced their intentions to support its version of the technology. Separately, Netscape announced yesterday that it was to team up with various search engine providers to deliver a search program based on Netscape Communicator and its Dynamic HTML capabilities. Both companies have submitted their the technologies to the World Wide Web Consortium to be adopted as a standard.
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