Name that application?

Question

what is the program/application/plugin that allows tabs on websites to work.

Example: microsoft.com

on the bottom half of the page there are tabs on the left side that say 'highlights' 'latest releases' 'your computer' ect, what program allows those to work?

Answer 1

If you are talking about the new microsoft.com it's a rich application builder called Silverlight... It's their fancy-schmancy response to Flash.

However 'tabs' are most typically done with, CSS, javascript or dhtml.

Answer 2

Most commonly, I believe it's JavaScript.

It's not an application/plug-in but a set of standards (like XML or HTML); your browser needs to be able to interpret the JavaScript language.

Answer 3

"Scripts" are often treated as distinct from "programs", which execute independently from any other application. At the same time they are distinct from the core code of the application, which is usually written in a different language, and by being accessible to the end user they enable the behavior of the application to be adapted to the user's needs. Scripts are often, but not always, interpreted from the source code or "semi-compiled" to bytecode which is interpreted, unlike the applications they are associated with, which are traditionally compiled to native machine code for the system on which they run. Scripting languages are nearly always embedded in the application with which they are associated.

Answer 4

isnt that some kind of HTML programming?