DHTML is server-side. You mean AJAX. Also, think of the page as an interface to a more lightweight web service. You should probably be parsing that directly.
I listened to an episode of the 37signals Podcast where Jason mentioned that some days they all show up at the office but are forbidden to speak to each other for productivity reasons. Many of his business decisions are questionable, glad to see someone challenging them.
If Google put a little more thought into not only the visual design of its software, but also whether its software actually has a purpose (http://twitter.com/stevenf/status/10004051966), people might stop referencing them as a company with bad design that is successful anyway. I eagerly await that day. (Nothing personal, this has just been bugging me for awhile.)