10 Biggest Milestones in Web Development
Nov 24th in Web Roundups by Glen Stansberry
Here's a chronological list of the 10 most notable and groundbreaking web development milestones in the Internet's history.
The web has moved from a simple protocol to transfer information and ideas to a highly-commercial and robust platform to spread and share those same ideas. Some believe the progression of the great World Wide Web to be a travesty, others a godsend. Regardless, the Internet has evolved over the past few decades, and is in many ways better for the web developer. New technologies have come about that have made web development much easier to get started in, and ultimately more fun.
1. Linus Torvalds Creates the Linux Kernel
When Linux Torvalds released Linux in 1991, it met with some harsh criticism from other UNIX systems developers. Some believed that it used the wrong computer architecture (32-bit), and was fundamentally flawed. Nevertheless, Torvalds developed his own kernel for UNIX, which eventually became the de facto web server software (not to mention a popular operating system for personal computers). Because Torvalds released the software under the GNU license, it was able to spread much quicker than under a closed proprietary license.
Linux is at the core of the Internet: It is the software that virtually every web host uses and supports, and it has a large, loyal and rabid following. It is the most popular example of open source software, and it makes web development possible for many.
2. The Mosaic Browser Launches
The Internet would be a much blander place without Mosaic, the first browser to really popularize the Internet. Upon its release in 1993, Mosaic was the first browser to support bookmarking, icons, a slick user interface (by 1993's standards), and the biggest innovation yet: picture support. Up until that point in the Web's history, images had to be downloaded. With the images being displayed inline, it completely changed Internet browsing, and greatly helped the Internet become more mainstream.
Mosaic completely changed how we transfer data on the Internet. Without it, web development as a whole would be a much, much different undertaking.
3. The W3C Released the CSS level 1 Recommendation
CSS has been around in computing since the 1970's, through various different forms. It wasn't until December of 1996 that a working group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released the CSS level 1 Recommendation. Microsoft soon after launched Internet Explorer 3, which offered limited CSS support. The rest, as they say, is history.
I don't need to go too deeply into the reasons why CSS has changed how the web has been developed. Instead of making hard-to-maintain inline style changes, CSS allows the web developer to simply call an external style sheet, and make a site-wide design change, in a matter of seconds. There's no need to go back into each HTML page and look for stylistic elements that needs to be individually altered.
Thanks to CSS, website designs are now much easier to maintain and create (even with subtle changes in browser renderings).
4. The Open Source Movement Officially Starts
The Open Source Movement has been around, in one form or another, for a very, very long time. Believe it or not, the Web wasn't created for commercial reasons. It was simply a way to exchange information. Once websites became avenues for profit, the free exchange that was once the WWW became more of a closed, commercial space. Many saw this as a negative, and still do today.
Thank goodness for the Open Source movement. The Internet itself was created with help from open source, and has roots dating back into the 1960's. In 1998, major players met at Tim O'Reilly's "Freeware Summit", decided on the term "open source" and started the Open Source Initiative. Licensing was made to protect the developers and software, and at the same time allow other developers to freely distribute and modify the source code.
Open source now powers much of the "modern" web, in the form of software. Wordpress, Firefox, PHP and Linux are just a few of the major players on the web that influence web development and browsing. Without the Open Source Initiative, software would be much more closed and we'd see less innovative solutions.
5. PHP is Released by Rasmus Lerdorf
Thanks to Open Source, dynamic languages like PHP are freely distributed amongst web developers. You'd be hard pressed to find a web host who didn't have PHP installed. It's the de facto language for programming on the web, and by far the most popular. The language is installed on more than 20 million websites and 1 million web servers.
When PHP was introduced in 1995 by Rasmus Lerdorf, it was quickly adopted by many as an excellent language for web programming. It runs on a web server, can be embedded in HTML, and works nicely with SQL databases. PHP quickly allowed developers to create and maintain complex, database-driven websites.
Many of the most popular sites on the Internet, (past and present), run on PHP. Facebook, Yahoo! and Wikipedia all run on PHP. Also, dozens of popular web software applications are built with PHP: Wordpress, Drupal, phpBB and many, many other projects are powered by the handy language.
6. PayPal is Founded
Though often controversial, PayPal undoubtedly pioneered the process of transferring money online. Founded in 1998, PayPal was originally developed as a way to safely send money between the bidder and the seller on auction sites like eBay. PayPal became more and more popular with eBay users, and by February of 2000 PayPal had over 200,000 daily auctions on eBay. After eBay's acquisition of PayPal, the the payment processing system started to allow for merchant accounts and usage of their API. This API allowed developers to easily process money transactions, and gave a fast and safe way for site visitors to pay for services and subscriptions.
PayPal has enabled developers a quick way to accept money for services they provide. Whether it's a subscription service or a one-time fee, PayPal is generally what is used to process payments, due to their widespread popularity.
7. Firefox is Released
In 2003, Internet Explorer had a stranglehold on the web browser space. There was virtually no competition, as IE's biggest competitor Netscape had fallen by the wayside. Microsoft's web browser was enjoying a fat 94% share of the total web browser market. Consequently, the lack of competition left the IE project stagnant, and what used to be yearly updates on IE between versions 1-6, became a sleepy 5 year gap between IE 6 and IE 7's release in 2006. What fueled a major spark in IE development in those later years was the creation of Mozilla's open source web browser Firefox.
Firefox burst onto the scene with its initial release in 2003. The Firefox browser was addressing many of IE's stale shortcomings. Tabbed browsing, spell-checking, live bookmarking, and many more features were included in the initial release, and early adopters loved the software. But even more importantly for web developers, Firefox was based on the Gecko rendering engine, which conformed to web standards.
Web standards help reduce the cost and complexity of web development. Consistent design currently means supporting a myriad of different browsers and their rendering "quirks". Internet Explorer is notorious for not complying with web standards, making life much more difficult for designers and developers (as they still own a major share of the browser market). With Firefox becoming more popular and pushing new initiatives towards standards and compliance, the web will become a much better place to develop in.
8. Ruby on Rails Goes Mainstream
While some may not see this specific event as a major milestone in web development history, the rise of Ruby on Rails is extremely important because it symbolizes a broader shift in development that uses frameworks and the concept of agile software development to efficiently develop web sites.
David Heinemeier Hansson released Ruby on Rails (RoR) in 2004, and since then many web development frameworks centered around other languages like PHP and Python have been released. RoR is a model-view-controller framework, meaning that it uses scaffolding and other helpers to eliminate repetitive tasks in programming. By eliminating these monotonous coding tasks, the developer can have quicker turnaround times with projects.
Frameworks have sped up development times and shifted the way the web development is done. Since then major websites like Twitter have built complete web services using web frameworks. Ruby on Rails hit a major milestone when Apple's operating system Leopard was shipped with RoR.
9. 37 Signals Release the Getting Real Ebook
37 Signals has been one of the most popular web development companies for the past five years. Not only do they build excellent products, they're very outspoken thought-leaders on modern web development, specifically championing agile web development. Their flagship product Basecamp was built using the very first version of Ruby on Rails, and ultimately led to the framework's conception in 2004. Their philosophies on web development have been a major component to their popularity among web developers, and their release of the Getting Real ebook in 2006 also popularized small, agile web development practices.
Web developers have since embraced agile web development practices, and the philosophies in the Getting Real ebook. Even large companies like Google and Microsoft have embraced the concepts of using smaller teams with quicker release cycles and less red tape to develop better web products.
10. Amazon Launches Cloud Storage and Serving
With Amazon's launch of S3 and EC2 in 2006, the cloud storage and web services officially hit mainstream. Instead of adding costly instances of servers as websites grow, with Amazon startups only ever need to pay for the bandwidth they actually use. In theory, the service could scale infinitely in a matter of minutes, only paying "as you go". Cloud web services created a much faster and cheaper alternative to traditional web servers.
Cloud services have since lowered the barrier of entry for web startups, in terms of both cost and speed. Unexpected bursts of traffic are no longer an issue with cloud computing, and downtime is all but eliminated. Cloud services have ensured that nearly any web developer can develop their idea without having to take funding or pay for expensive servers, allowing better web ideas to come into fruition.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Lee November 24th
I don’t know, even though IE’s… blargh, you should still give it some credit. I think it deserves to be up there as much as Firefox does.
Btw, does RoR really deserve that much credit? I didn’t think it was an actual Major milestone as compared to the others.
( )Thad Bloom November 24th
I think I’m going to implement Mosaic accessibility into my web pages.
( )Paul November 24th
Those last three are pretty debatable.
( )Chachu Clothing November 24th
Gotta love the opensource movement! Thanks for the great article!
( )insicdesigns November 24th
great article.
( )David Sparks November 24th
#11
jQuery becomes the most widely accepted javascript framework used to provide unubtrusive enhancement by simple and easily understood means.
that or AJAX but i think with windows adding it with visual studio is a massive leap forward that nobody expected which is why i would put it ahead of AJAX personally.
( )i actually think this should be #10 but the S3 is a big deal as well.
i just see jQuery getting even more traction and passing S3 in the milestone arena.
Chris Coyier November 24th
What about:
11. Launch of NETTUTS
=)
( )Ariyo November 24th
So agree with Chris.
( )Thanx!
Bo November 24th
So the Getting Real book gets a mention and Internet Explorer doesn’t? Not to say that there are hundreds (thousands) more important things than this ebook?
( )Ben November 24th
Nice review of the history !
( )Sam Dalton November 24th
Very interesting tut
( )Ankit November 24th
how can you miss google… Not only they made easy to find everything on the net…. but wiht google suggest and gmail they have taken web to the next level…
( )Jin November 24th
My first few sites were done for Mosiac and Lnyx. good times, when you can’t put an image in a table cell..
( )Marcelo Kanzaki November 24th
What about:
-Macromedia;
( )- flashplayer;
- Ajax;
- Java;
- Google;
Jatin Meshiya November 24th
Any way its all about …… something you know…. cant say sorry
( )Neil B November 24th
I also thought google.
Interesting tute.
( )Jarryd November 24th
Yeah there are a lot of things missing in there. jQuery, Google, AJAX, possibly even Adobe.
But still, it’s nice to see a list of what web dev’s and the like have gone through up till today’s “high” standard of the internet.
Good stuff.
( )Eduardo November 24th
I think Google and AJAX are missing… Great article!
( )TwoSocks - website design November 25th
‘37 Signals Release the Getting Real Ebook’ and that is one of the 10 biggest milestone in web development……you can’t be serious!
( )Johnnie Foxtrott November 25th
To the editor: Sorry, but his name is Linus, not Linux ^^
All in all, good article!
( )leo November 25th
**raises brow** Article is missing some pretty large actual milestones while containing things that aren’t even remotely similar to what a professional would consider a milestone in web development. Maybe the title is a little broad. Also, the top 10 list stuff really isn’t something i see as a “tut” and seems more at home on cracked or gawker.
( )cookie November 25th
37 Signals Release the Getting Real Ebook? Are you kidding me? Do some more research…
( )leo November 25th
Javascript
CSS
XML
The “Browser Wars”
AJAX
Content Management Systems
listing things like 37 signals’ book, Ruby and Amazon S3 is well, mind numbing. Did somebody get paid for this post?
( )Bram Van der Sype November 25th
Very nice post, I agree with 1 – 7 fully, I can understand number 8. But the last two just seem like blatant advertising to me…
( )Shane November 25th
As soon as I saw the title, I knew it was written by Glen.
Consolidating the rich history of the young web into a top 10 is difficult, and will promote debate.
Has nobody else heard of Tim Berners-Lee? How about the W3C in general?
Frameworks such as Ruby on Rails are cool, but they do not deserve to be in a list such as this.
( )Ben Reid November 25th
Great article!
@Lee – 5 years without an update for IE? Give it credit when it conforms to web standards.
( )pixelsoul November 25th
The title of this should be “10 big milestones in web developement” not “biggest”.
RoR? This would not even be in my list. Love it or hate it, IE is huge and controls many facets of where web developement is. No MySQL? The largest database used for websites should really be part of this. And are we forgetting something?… oh ya FLASH! It is only one of the most used technologies for web developement beyond html.
Just change “biggest” to “big” and this list would not be inaccurate in my opinion.
( )anti-pixel November 25th
strange post…
( )Dave November 25th
Very Interesting Read .. ah i remember the good old IE 3 Days
( )http://wallpapers.ariunbolor.org November 25th
Wow Superrr….
( )Steve November 25th
No mention of Opera? The browser that brought out the idea of tabs, speed dial, and many other features that other browsers have copied. For shame!
( )weblizzer November 25th
such a great article, it giving some information how really the web technology evolves, by the way i guess you should include the javascript frameworks and libraries which is now more become robust for most web developers
( )Jonny Pioww November 25th
Can’t agree with those last three.
( )riosatiy November 25th
How many actually read the Topic of the article. What has IE ever done for web developers?
How global were really paypal/ebay and amazon those days? Otherwise I agree on most except ruby on rails, who is just something that feels very important to some people right now I guess.
It hasnt had any really huge impact, and even tho they are really good. I wouldnt put any framework on such a list as this.
( )Jhay November 25th
I like the image Firefox biting IE haha! Nice one
( )chris simpson November 25th
@David Sparks: Gotta agree with you, i think that AJAX will be seen as a great leap. JQuery too is great, and how it enhances and enriches user experience with so few lines is great. (Before someone ‘reminds’ me – i know JQuery IS javascript, but i see it as a massive leap forward as its so easy for the designer and developer to implement, it really does kick ass)
@shane: I too knew it would be a Glen article, just by the title
@Ben Reid: seconded – @Lee: IE is a massive part of the internet’s history. But just because it had such a large market share and has been around for yeeears, it doesn’t mean we should look on it as a good part of the internet’s past/ PRESENT (grr). I feel in many ways it has inhibited the net, not ‘enabled’ it.
Interesting points raised so far though.
( )letendre.martin November 25th
Java ? The Apache Software Foundation ? iPhone ? Do you think your banking apps run in php or in Ruby ? I hope not…
( )James November 25th
Nice list, but is #9 really a book, oh no wait, an eBook!?? Really? An eBook is one of the ten biggest milestones in web development history!? What are you on!?
( )Ani November 25th
10 biggest milestones in web development and it doesn’t mention Microsoft, Google or Napster? Good list tho I’m not too sure about Ruby on Rails – a tad overrated imo
( )Gustavo Macedo November 25th
As David Sparks said: “Query becomes the most widely accepted javascript framework used to provide unubtrusive enhancement by simple and easily understood means.”
\o/
( )octagon November 25th
Change name of website from NetTuts.com to NetLists.com or even better, PoorLists.com
( )Dave K November 25th
This list is such bunk, not to mention the facts are by and large wrong.
( )Nick Shepherd November 25th
Good Article, however I disagree with the last 3. I think something that would be in more order for the last 2 would be:
9. Ajax ( and javascript frameworks)
10. Google APIs – This really made making data APIs main stream. After google opened up google maps and some of their other services many sites looked into adding 3rd party developer access more closely and is what powers most sites and even phones today.
And then throwing Mysql in the mix somewhere above. I think, like a lot of the list articles on this site, there was a good bit of thought thrown into the beginning of the article and then for some reason it just trickled away as the list got towards the end.
Interesting read though…
( )Raul Riera November 25th
I disagree with the last 3
( )Craigsnedeker November 25th
FIREFOX FTW!!!
( )Andris November 25th
I’m sure you knew when you wrote this aticle that the last 3 points will launch a debate.
I also cannot agree with them. There are many other milestones in web development that should be mentioned here. Like jQuery, probably also Macromedia and Adobe or Opera.
( )toomuch November 25th
last 3 items on this list are SPAM
( )Javier Centeno November 25th
I have to agree with most users, the end of the list got lost a little bit.
Flash should be there, since actionscript has allowed developers to create many amazing interactive experiences, and I would say it has influenced the development of jQuery.
An ebook shouldn’t be a milestone. Google should be. I think is safe to say we all have researched tutorials and technologies thanks to Google.
I do agree with Glen on the last one though. Cloud services is where things are moving into. Microsoft already released the beta version of Azure, along with LiveMesh, Apple has MobileMe and of course Amazon and Google have already services already as well. I think great things are gonna come out of them.
( )Bret November 25th
what about VersaTerm? I could be mistaken but i think i remember that pre-dating mosasic slightly…
( )Bill Doe November 25th
Serious? First off, if you consider Linux to be a web development milestone, than any OS should fall into this category, including Windows and OSX. These are good jumps in development, but Milestones? You have to be kidding? Google Ajax Google Earth? Javascript? SQL Storage? This list is…. pathetic. Designers must drive this site.
( )chris simpson November 25th
@Bill Doe ^^
I know what you mean, but i still feel Linux deserve’s its place on the list. The so called LAMP Environment has become the basis of most servers, and for that reason i will let it slide :] Agree with the SQL/Google/AJax parts
@javiercenteno – i agree.
( )Seth November 25th
Totally disagree with the last three…I understand your point on Rails, but I would say JavaScript frameworks are more important than Rails in that respect…however I do think this article will look great with your resume to 37S.
( )Jeffrey Way November 25th
I must admit, the Ebook through me for a loop as well. Without doubt, AJAX development should be on that list.
( )B McCarrie November 25th
Where’s the tut?
( )Eduardo November 25th
come on people, that’s just a list! just relax, it’s not the end of the world.
( )Furley November 25th
i read the 37 signals ebook. while it is a good read it shouldnt make this list at all. there are just way to many other major developments that deserve to be up there ahead of it.
( )Glen Stansberry November 25th
Hey Guys,
Thanks for all the discussion! I agree, the list might seem a tad off for some (ie. Where’s Google?!) but I wanted to highlight more of the events that changed the web, not services.
For example, I’m seeing lots of disagreement with the 37 Signals ebook. While on the surface it may not have been that significant of an event, the ebook pushed agile web development into the forefront of the general web development public, and has since changed the way teams work on projects. Many of the major players have all started using this approach. Many of Google’s recent products are done by small teams, not large ones.
So, that’s the reasoning behind my choices. Granted, there could be many many other points on this list, but I had to pick 10
Great discussion all! Keep it up.
( )Will McNeilly November 25th
Interesting article although some of your picks are a little suspect.
( )Damien Guard November 25th
Surely the biggest omission is “Tim Berners-Lee develops the first web browser and HTTP server on NextStep.”
Without that there would be no web.
[)amien
( )Amr Tamimi November 25th
@8. Ruby on Rails Goes Mainstream
I’m using rails always, from 2006 to now,, its a great revolution in web development!!!
@9. 37 Signals Release the Getting Real Ebook
( )OOOH, that book, i love it!!
it’s a great book gives you a great ideas and ways to build your own web application!!
Nick November 25th
I agree with a lot of these comments. I don’t think you can really narrow it down to only 10 milestones. And yeah, the last 3 really are debatable.
( )Zac November 25th
Seriously-
What the list should have been:
TCP/IP
Apache
Javascript
Google
Firefox
CSS
PHP
SQL
Macromedia (Adobe)
AJAX
Other things it could have included: Web Standards, W3C, Web Services, XML, Flash, and many other things more important than Ruby.
( )Christina Warren November 25th
Dude, how in the hell did you miss Apache? Seriously…Apache is arguably #1 (Linux kernel my ass — BSD built the net…).
No offense man, but missing such a huge milestone in favor of saying Open Source three or four times is just wrong.
( )Angel November 25th
Adobe Flash Player & AIR, That changed the web!!!
( )Stephen Coley November 25th
This was a really good article, although, I feel that it missed a really major milestone…
XML!
Without XML we wouldn’t even have RSS. Almost every single website has it’s own RSS feed! It even gives AJAX it’s X. I don’t think XML is something that should just be looked over.
( )yusuf1 November 25th
I love LINUX!!!!!!!
( )Roanoke November 25th
I fail to see how linux relates to web development.
( )Lubes November 25th
Hey, what about Geocities?! Some of us “designed” our first site there; not to mention wrote our first JS “Welcome to my home page” pop-up script!
(Kidding!)
( )Alex Tayra November 26th
NETTUTS, how can you post such stupid articles full of advertisment? №9 is a bad joke.
( )WebDevVote November 26th
You’re been voted!
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Sandor November 26th
I think the last 3 points of the article really missed the direction of the title. But anyway why don’t we write our own list or start a survey and summarizing this would be the most recent opinion of the web developers
r. Sandor
( )John November 26th
I don’t know why entire net has become a fanboy for 37S. I mean how the hell can No. 9 even be there in this list. So many places, 37S is mentioned unappropriately. Duno..if they pay up or something. But anyways, Apache should be there. No.9 killed my day off
( )Evan Byrne November 26th
9 and 10 don’t belong at all. I agree with john you shouldhave put apache in there, it’s the king of web servers!
( )Ben Carroll November 26th
Dude sure some of those are great achievements but there are much greater things.
Like IE for instance it is the one that really launched the web without it the web would have been for those few nerds.
The apache webserver should have been mentioned along with linux.
AJAX!!!! That is probably probably the biggest revolution as of late.
Cloud computing, not fully developed yet, but some companies implement it such as media temple and a few others that escape my mind at the moment.
And other milestones that I just can’t remember.
An ebook, ROR, and amazon s3 don’t belong.
Nice try!
( )AnonymousGuy November 26th
Yeah, I think jQuery has as much right to be up there as ROR. But I do understand why ROR was chosen, but not sure if it is in the top 10 milestones in web history. Apache or even for us designers and developers to work locally XAMP or MAMP would have definitely been a better choice.
I agree that 9 should have been left out. That’s like saying MySpace was a major achievement. Writing a e-book is just an e-book. The World as a whole gained nothing from that achievement.
What about cable internet fiber optics and wifi leading to the death of 56k modems. That’s pretty huge and much more beneficial than an e-book!
I think the first 7 are great but the last three definitely need to be excluded and replaced with ones that actually made the WWW better for everyone.
( )10ha November 27th
lol. someone wrote a similiar post & got digged.
( )http://webjackalope.com/15-things-every-web-developers-should-be-thankful-for/ via
http://digg.com/programming/15_Things_Every_Web_Developer_Should_Be_Thankful_For
10ha November 27th
ops. my bad. it’s the same author XD
( )Taylor Satula November 28th
Huh last three arent… Well. As good as the first few.
( )b00m November 28th
Great article but some major milestone are missing.
( )Patrick November 30th
Yes, what about Ajax! You should include the release of gmail cause, as most ajax books would agree, it officially sparked the move towards ajax and highly interactive web application.
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Ricks December 1st
Wordpress has GOT to get a mention in this list?!?!
Well compiled none-the-less!
( )Takumi86 December 2nd
Good job, you are collecting those milestones from time to time, i think its about time to showing them all here since its near end of the year
( )Jeremy December 2nd
It’s a shame that Microsoft is rarely mentioned, as they’ve contributed greatly to modern day Web development.
As far as browser milestones are concerned, IE4’s release was far greater in importance than Firefox’s release. IE4 blew the doors wide open for DHTML development, and it sparked the realization that rich user experiences can be achieved on the Web.
Client/server communication (Ajax) wasn’t anything really new. Developers were doing it with hidden frames. But it was Microsoft’s creation of XMLHttpRequest that really opened the doors to modern, “Web 2.0″ Web development. Today, every browser vendor has an XMLHttpRequest object. It’s prevalent in most major Web sites and apps.
( )Julien December 3rd
This article is strongly biased and even point #1 is debatable:
“Linux is at the core of the Internet: It is the software that virtually every web host uses and supports.”
Yeah right, ever heard of IIS?
( )You should be more open-minded, because linux is the most widely used doesn’t make it the core of the internets (the what?), and I won’t mention the other points other readers have already pinned (Rails, Ajax, IE, …)
Anjum December 4th
There are many to the list
( )Can I put
Mashups
Google APIs
Wikipedia APis
Youtube
RSS/Atom
Pdf and Flash
………..
praveen December 4th
woow..learned a lot today.thnx
( )joker400 December 4th
useful article.
( )gogi December 8th
where is C++?
( )3faycom January 3rd
Nice review of the history !
( )Jecobs January 20th
Hi,
Nice Post…
But you have missed Ajex…
It is also important part of this…
Good Post
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( )Danny February 5th
Pretty much agree with everyone above, Linux and the last 3 shouldn’t be in there when Google/IE/Apache/Flash don’t get a mention.
The one on 37 Signals would struggle to be in a top 25 of my own.
Good article though, has sparked some nice debate
( )cyberdesignz February 7th
Hi,
( )this is a nice post.Good information for developer.
Clemens February 13th
Most important thing is web accessibility. Fuck all that scripted bullshit, fancy effects are worth nothing compared to plattform independant, user friendly, handicapped-accessible websites.
Give Tim Berners Lee the credit he deserves!
( )Msolution February 22nd
i would give more credit to the poor IE than firefox,
even though firefox is more appealing to us developers!
the world still uses IE (statisticaly speaking)!!!
M.
( )samuelmq July 20th
i just had to say that i hate IE. Firefox rocks (and any other browser that follow web standars) ;P
( )Dan October 24th
The 37 Signals Ebook is awesome but really just a lot of common sense presented in a slick style.
Also question the Amazon inclusion just because they are “mainstream” (with freelance web designers?) there are plenty of players in that field.
The first seven were great though its always interesting to read a bit of history about the things we use every day.
( )