September 10, 2000 - The DHTML Behaviors behind HTML+TIME

Yehuda Shiran September 10, 2000
The DHTML Behaviors behind HTML+TIME
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Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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HTML+TIME (Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions) was first released with Internet Explorer 5. HTML+TIME 2.0 was first released with Internet Explorer 5.5. HTML+TIME is implemented as a DHTML default behavior. You can brush up on DHTML behaviors in our previous columns: Column 22, Internet Explorer 5.0 Review, Part I, Column 23, Internet Explorer 5.0 Review, Part II, and Column 64, HTML Components. HTML+TIME 1.0 is implemented as the time default behavior. HTML+TIME 2.0 is implemented as the time2 default behavior. The time2 default behavior is supposed to supercede the time default behavior. Our experience does not support it 100%. We found cases where time and time2 provide different results. Therefore, we suggest you check both time and time2 when you program HTML+TIME elements. Programming-wise, the difference between using time and time2 is that with time, you need to add the "t:" prefix to all HTML+TIME attributes. With time2 (supported by Internet Explorer 5.5 and above), the "t:" namespace is no longer necessary for HTML+TIME attributes.

Learn more about HTML+TIME in Column 67, Introduction to HTML+TIME.