History of the Web

Here’s a quick, really point-form history of The Web.

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Timeline

The web evolved along with the development of computers but advanced more quickly with the advent of personal computers.

60s–80s

• BBS
• Networked computers

1990

• Tim Berners-Lee invented Hypertext, WWW, HTML
• First web site: August 6, 1991, CERN

1994

• Mosaic
• img tag
• W3C

1995

• Netscape Navigator
• Browser wars

90s

• Microsoft Internet Explorer dominates

1999

• Web standards movement
• Designing with Web Standards, Jeffery Zeldman
• HTML 4.01
• CSS adoption

2000s

• XHTML

2004

• Firefox, Mozilla

2010+

• HTML5, CSS3
• Explosion of web technologies: WebGL, animations, file access, audio APIs, geolocation, databases, WebRTC, etc.

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Supplemental links

• Evolution of the web
• Chrome Experiments
• A brief history of web design for designers