Evolution of the Web
23 Jul 2012A beautifully executed timeline of the history of the web. But really, why does anyone care when different kinds of html were included in each browser? Does anyone actually find this kind of internet navel gazing to be interesting?
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7 Responses to Evolution of the Web
Timothy Hill
July 23rd, 2012 at 13:47
I do ! 🙂
Al
July 24th, 2012 at 07:29
For a web developer this is genuinely useful
David
July 24th, 2012 at 15:39
Ouch! I’m sure whatever you do day in and day out for your job would put many people to sleep too.
Advertising and Marketing Agency
July 26th, 2012 at 12:19
Wonderful timeline. Very good piece of visual information – thanks for sharing.
Dave K
July 27th, 2012 at 00:33
Very nice. It’s amazing to see how few people were using the internet when I first started compared to the present. IE was just a babe.
One small nit, though. In the growth section, they entered 20,000 PD/mo. rather than 20,000 PB/mo.
Tom
July 30th, 2012 at 06:01
Hmmm. Pardon the ignorance, but what does the Y-axis represent? It’s very pretty seeing all those colorful lines weaving their way up and down but surely it has a meaning?
Deroy
August 7th, 2012 at 11:56
Tom, if you roll over the lines, the meaning of he Y axis will become apparent. The path of the color bands is determined by the intersection points of their initial releases for each browser.