The History of the Web

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.

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.

Without hypertext, there would be no World Wide Web. But its name and conception predate the web’s creation by decades.

A web magazine springs up from the depths of Hotwired, and captures the imagination and attention of a growing web audience.

One of the web’s most influential browsers has roots that date back to its earliest days, and an evolution that has transformed it several times over.