The History of the Web

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The Origin of the IMG Tag

Published: March 7, 2017

Why is it the <img> tag instead of the <image> tag? The answer, it turns out, dates back to one of the web’s earliest browsers and one of the web’s earliest discussions.

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When Rotuma Came to the Web

Published: February 27, 2017

The web distributes access, access to information, and access to one another. Access on the web is what brings us to small island off the coast of Fiji, where web pioneers forged a unique community.

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A Brief History of Hypertext

Published: February 20, 2017

Hypertext simply means text that links to other text. It’s a concept that predates the web by several decades, though experiments with hypertext inspired its creation.

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The Web After Suck

Published: February 13, 2017

In 1995, Josh Quittner had big plans. He was launching his new site, Netly News as part of Pathfinder, Time […]

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The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla

Published: February 6, 2017

The rich history of Mozilla and Firefox is one that I imagine I’ll be coming back to from time to […]

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The History of the Web is a project by Jay Hoffmann.

Illustrations courtesy of Katerina Limpitsouni at unDraw.