Web History
How the web began, and how websites have changed since.
The History of the World Wide Web: From CERN to Everywhere
How a 1989 proposal at a Swiss physics lab became the World Wide Web, and why choices made in its first five years still shape every website.
Read · 6 min read →Web HistoryThe Browser Wars: Netscape, Internet Explorer and Beyond
How the battle between Netscape and Internet Explorer, and later Firefox, Safari and Chrome, shaped the way websites are built today.
Read · 6 min read →Web HistoryHow Web Design Has Changed: From Plain Text to Design Systems
A tour of web design history, from text pages and table layouts through Flash, Web 2.0 and flat design to today's responsive design systems.
Read · 6 min read →Web HistoryThe Mobile Web and the Rise of Responsive Design
How the iPhone, separate mobile sites, responsive web design and Google's mobile-first indexing changed what a website needs to be.
Read · 5 min read →Web HistoryA Short History of Search Engines and SEO
From Archie and Yahoo! to Google's PageRank and major ranking updates, how search engines and SEO evolved, and what lasts.
Read · 6 min read →Web HistoryWeb Standards and Accessibility: A Brief History
How the W3C, HTML and CSS standards and the WCAG accessibility guidelines developed, and why they matter for every business website.
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