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Essay / History of Web Design - 912
Web design is a field that has only been around for thirty years, but has evolved significantly in that time. HTML has changed a lot and new scripting languages such as CSS and JavaScript, to name just two, have emerged to help meet the challenge that web development can present. From basic text pages to fully interactive sites, the world of web development has made significant advancements throughout its short existence. In the 1960s, a concept for HTML was created by Harvard graduate Ted Nelson. His work was never used until the 1980s when the internet was introduced due to lack of necessity. Back then, HTML was the only option for web development and there wasn't much design freedom. The sites were basic, consisting of simple tables, text and links, with few or no graphics. Then the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was created to prevent large companies from controlling web design code. The W3C is responsible for defining the guidelines, techniques and rules for web development. This was created so that the sites created all work across browsers consistently and without errors. In the early 1990s, more and more developers began contributing to the evolution of HTML, prompting the creation of new tags and techniques. Because people no longer knew which tags did what, they named the enhanced language HTML 2. A few years later, people continued to add even more, resulting in HTML 3. Designers now had the option to use style sheets. HTML 3 was revolutionary because it finally opened the doors to true website personalization. Designers now had the option of using animated images and colorful backgrounds. Then Flash was also introduced which changed the whole web design scene. Not long...... middle of paper ...... to wait, people won't lose interest when they can open the site immediately and get all the information they need, without loading more pages which could potentially make them leave. The future of web design appears to be bright; with all these new technologies to create a more efficient experience. It's changed a lot over its past thirty years, and it will continue to evolve as long as the Internet is around, which at this point seems like it's not going anywhere. histoire-du-design-from-the-beginning/ http://boagworld.com/design/why-codesign-tools-are-the-future-of-web-design/ http://thenextweb.com/dd/ 2011/16/12/the-future-of-web-design/ http://www.dtelepathy.com/blog/design/8-reasons-why-pageless-design-is-the-future-of-the- web http https://blog.hubspot.com/insiders/why-responsive-web-design