• The translator never invokes LaTeX for any purpose. With the exception of figure support (see below), it's completely independent of any other program. In particular, it generates all cross-references and table of contents in a single run (no funky "rerun LaTeX to get cross-references right" messages).
• Tables are supported and translated into HTML3 tables (no ugly gifs).
• What it does, it does right: no gratuitous blanks or line-breaks.
• PostScript figures (\psfig command) are supported (requires GhostScript (gs) and pnmtogif to translate PS into gif files).
• It's fast. On an AlphaStation 600 5/333 running Linux/Alpha, it generates a 50 page document in about 400ms if the figures have been translated already. Ghostscript is quite slow so when the figures need to be translated, the execution time goes up to about 6 seconds. In contrast, LaTeX 2e on the same document and machine takes about 8 seconds and latex2html takes more time than anybody would care (on the order of 2 minutes plus gobs of memory).

For an example of non-trivial use of dlh, see the Red Hat User's Manual, which is available here.

The dlh translator is available here under name dlh-VERSION.tar.gz (README of current version). The translator is available under the GNU Public License. Improvements, bug-fixes or constructive comments are gladly accepted.