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Web design, the evolution of the digital world, 1990-today, Rob Ford ; ed. [by] Julius Wiedemann

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Rob Ford ; ed. [by] Julius Wiedemann

the evolution of the digital world, 1990-today

The last three decades have marked an era of technological upheaval as frenetic and groundbreaking as there ever has been. From early desktop computers and mobile phones to virtual reality: the web is now virtually inseparable from all facets of human interaction and daily life. But it wasn?t always funny cat videos and sleek interfaces. This collection is a visual journey through time, gathering the very earliest examples of what we today take for granted: the first website to use surround sound, the first drag-and-drop navigation, the first page-turn effect, the first website to use seamless video integration, the first viral site, the first parallax website, the first ?upload-your-face? website, the first site to incorporate a mobile phone, the first ever YouTube-like ?website?, and many more. This comprehensive visual history gathers 21 chapters that detail, for every year since 1998, the best websites and examples of hardware used at the time, and explore how user experience, usability, and technological milestones have influenced the development of the internet we use today. Year-by-year factsheets and smart Google insights orient the reader through major developments across such categories as world news headlines, highest grossing films, new soft and hardware, greatest website traffic, and many more

Forward / Lars Bastholm -- Introduction / Rob Ford -- 1990-1997 The early years --1998 The year Macromedia flash went mainstream -- 1999 The floodgates open -- 2000 The web comes to life -- 2001 The website generation -- 2002 The year of innovation and reputations -- 2003 The year of anticipation -- 2004 The year of the original viral site -- 2005 The year of the idea -- 2006 The year of big budgets -- 2007 The year full-screen video arrives - along with the iPhone -- 2008 The year of horror -- 2009 The year of social media integration -- 2010 The death of flash -- 2011 The dawning of a new era: HTML5 -- 2012 The year Google Chrome redefined the web-design landscape -- 2013 The year of revival and renewed excitement -- 2014 They year mobile browsers became as powerful as desktops -- 2015 The year the power of the individual led the way -- 2016 The year artificial intelligence came to the web -- 2017 The year the web evolved out of the web -- 2018 Web design. the next generation..