We’re used to the distinction between “static” and “dynamic” websites. I think it’s fairly well-established that “static” means plain HTML with a possible sprinkling of CSS, while “dynamic” means a website with forms and maybe a bit of Javascript. “Web application” is a more sophisticated, goal-oriented, version of that.

Now that we have the “AJAX” label, what do we call the non-AJAX “dynamic websites” or “web applications”?

A few retronyms spring to mind:

• The contemptuous: “Click’N’Wait website”
• The nostalgic: “Classical website”
• The contrasting: “Unajaxian website”
• The bottom-line: “Non-sticky website”
• The hopeful: “Unajaxified website”
• The meme-inspired: “Not your grandson’s website”
• The cantankerous: “Usable website”
• The too-funky: “Old-School website”
• The witty reference: “Website formerly known as dynamic”
• The fashionable: “ ’90s chic website”

Do you have any other ideas?