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Created by Tim Berners Lee, the first website goes live.
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ALIWEB, considered the first website search engine, is launched. They used colorful words and highlights to guide viewers to the most important links and information. -
Using the work by Berners-Lee, the platform Mosaic was created. It is credited as one of the earliest most popular platforms to use because of its incredible usability and access, as well as its graphics. -
JavaScript is introduced as an easier and more efficient way to design ads or home pages over HTML. -
CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, was created in 1994. It allowed multiple styles of fonts, sizes, and colors to be used on a certain website. It continues to be one of the biggest technologies used in website design to this day. Link Text
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First created by Jonathan Gay in the mid 1990s, SmartSketch is one of the first available programs that supported graphic creations. His company was purchased by Macromedia Inc. in 1996, followed by Adobe in 2005, which changed the course of website design as it introduced Adobe Flash. This program allowed animation across all websites, but eventually was shut down due to its inability to be used across websites without flash plugin and its outdated design.
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Macromedia Inc. releases the program Dreamweaver, a website design editor that allowed users to move from both visual design to text design. Link text
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Based off The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the WCAG was published as a set of guidelines for website building that covered general design principles in order to increase accessibility.
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"Web 2.0" is a broad term to describe the boost in user-generated content, more appealing website design, and social networking techniques that were appearing in more and more websites. They focused on easily accessible website design. Hosch, William L.. "Web 2.0". Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Sep. 2017, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Web-20. Accessed 24 April 2022.
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YouTube was the first popular streaming platform published in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. Its popularity skyrocketed and still continues to be used by millions on the internet today. -
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Adobe Flash". Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Feb. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/technology/Adobe-Flash. Accessed 24 April 2022. Hosch, William L.. "YouTube". Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Mar. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/topic/YouTube. “World Wide Web Timeline.” Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech, Pew Research Center, 30 May 2020, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/03/11/world-wide-web-timeline/.
