Competing techniques include [[Macromedia Flash]] for animation and [[SVG]], though SVG isn't yet well-supported by the major [[web browsers]].
DisadvantageSome disadvantages of DHTML are that it is difficult to develop and [[debug]] due to varying degrees of support among web browsers of the aformentioned technologies and that the variety of screen sizes means the end look can only be fine-tuned on a limited number browser/screen-size combinations. Development for recent browsers, such as [[Internet Explorer]] 5.0+, [[Netscape]] 6.0+, and [[Opera (browser)|Opera]] 7.0+, is aided by a shared [[Document Object Model]].
