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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
“Our Product Is Used, on [Occasion], to Kill People”: Inside Palantir, the World’s Scariest AI Company333
ai, palantir
1995: From Batman Forever’s Cinematic Design to HTML Tables (ric)332
web, design, netscape, mosaic, browsers, tables, layout, html, wysiwyg, code-editors
Web Rewind331
websites, web
How to Shoot a Screen Using a Board of Keys (mwi)330
screenshots, keyboard-shortcuts, apple
A Brief History of Programming… (fir)329
videos, programming
Ruby Turns 30: A Celebration of Code, Community, and Creativity (jet)328
ruby, ruby-on-rails, anniversaries
The HTML Elements Time Forgot (val/mat)327
html
A Short History of Performance Engineering (per)326
performance
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)325
javascript, bundling, tooling, vite, turbopack, bun, rolldown, browserify, webpack, rollup, parcel, esbuild
In 1995, a Netscape Employee Wrote a Hack in 10 Days That Now Runs the Internet (ben/ars)324
netscape, javascript
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)323
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, standards
The Evolution of Web Development: From Static Pages to AI-Driven Experiences (web)322
web, web-2.0, web-apps, ai
Blogging Gets Serious in 2001 With Warblogs and Movable Type (ric)321
web, blogging, examples, movable-type
The Sky Is Falling, the Web Is Dead (ern/ted)320
web
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)319
videos, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines, standards
A Brief History of Domains (pet)318
web, domains, dns
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)317
javascript, standards
Vite: The Documentary (cul)316
videos, vite
Birth of Prettier (vje)315
prettier
The History of Core Web Vitals (add)314
web-vitals, performance, user-experience, metrics, google
Why I Gave the World Wide Web Away for Free (tim/the)313
web, licensing
State of QUIC in Node.js (pav)312
nodejs, quic, protocols
What the Internet Was Like in 1999 (ric)311
web, microsoft, netscape, google, blogging, syndication
Google Chrome at 17—a History of Our Browser (add)310
chrome, google, browsers, anniversaries
How Designing for Disability Benefits Everyone309
accessibility, economics
Python: The Documentary (cul)308
videos, python
The History of Themeable User Interfaces (bra)307
design, theming
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)306
html, css, javascript, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Design Hacks From the Pre-CSS Era (den/hac)305
html, tables, layout, hacks
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)304
fonts, performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x
Michelle Frechette and Jonathan Desrosiers on the Story of .com and .org (mic+)303
podcasts, interviews, wordpress, domains
Has Efficiency Killed Beauty? A Designer’s Search for Meaning (uxd)302
design, efficiency, aesthetics, user-experience
What We Learned From Creating PostCSS (sit+/evi)301
postcss, lessons, tips-and-tricks
Neo-Brutalism: Breaking Rules, Loudly (uxd)300
design, trends
The Many, Many, Many JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade (shi)299
javascript, runtimes
Node.js Is Growing Up: 3 Major Releases That Changed the Game (hac)298
nodejs
The Untold Story of JavaScript297
videos, javascript
The Untold Story of JavaScript (den)296
videos, javascript
Is It Still Worth Using jQuery in 2025?295
jquery
The History of React Through Code (cru/pla)294
react, examples
30 Years of JavaScript: 10 Milestones That Changed the Web (ric/the)293
javascript, anniversaries, ecmascript, ajax, jquery, web-2.0, nodejs, npm, react, typescript, webassembly
CSS Intelligence: Speculating on the Future of a Smarter Language (sma)292
css, outlooks
What Every React Developer Should Know About Signals (rya)291
videos, react, signals
A Simple Website290
websites, layout, animations, images, tables, javascript, ajax, flash, deploying, simplicity
A Short History of Web Bots and Bot Detection Techniques (ole)289
techniques, fingerprinting, traffic
JavaScript Broke the Web (and Called It Progress) (jon)288
javascript, performance, user-experience, tooling, tech-stacks
Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web (ern/iee)287
jpeg, images
How JavaScript Was Written Back in the Day (tre)286
javascript, jquery, comparisons
Why Visual Website Builders Didn’t Take Off (whi)285
videos, code-editors, wysiwyg, html
What the Internet Was Like in 1997 (ric)284
web, web-platform, browsers, browser-wars, netscape, internet-explorer, microsoft, dhtml
The Evolving Art and Science of Prompt Engineering: A Chronological Journey283
ai, prompting
My Request to Google on Accessibility (aar)282
accessibility, google
A Brief History of JavaScript (den)281
javascript, ecmascript, typescript, json, javascript-engines, runtimes, browsers
Understanding Java’s Asynchronous Journey280
java, asynchronicity
Web Typography: A Refresher and History (zel)279
typography, link-lists
History of the Web: Chris Lilley (svg+/iga)278
videos, interviews, web-platform
The Untold Story of Git277
videos, git, svn, cvs, version-control
Two Decades of Git: A Conversation With Creator Linus Torvalds (tor)276
videos, interviews, git
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)275
css, animations, transforms, scrolling, effects
A Decade of Impact: How Our npm Packages Hit 1 Billion Downloads and Shaped JavaScript274
npm, dependencies, javascript
Deno vs. Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)273
deno, oracle, javascript, legal
JavaScript’s Missing Link: Wasp Offers Full Stack Solution (low/the)272
wasp, javascript, frameworks
Cursor, “Vibe Coding,” and Manus: The UX Revolution That AI Needs (uxd)271
ai, chatgpt, cursor, vibe-coding, user-experience
Web Accessibility Requirements in the EU (mar/uxd)270
accessibility, eaa, legal, compliance, metrics
Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design269
design, desktop, outlooks
A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle (hil)268
javascript, parsing
Here’s How Chrome Could Lose the Browser War267
chrome, google, browsers, browser-wars
From “You Will Fail” to 15,000 GitHub Stars: The Story of Wasp, a “Laravel for JS” Full-Stack Framework266
wasp
One Kilobyte to Copilot: My Journey Through Programming History265
programming, ai
Overlay Timeline (ove)264
websites, overlays, accessibility, link-lists
The Effort Paradox in AI Design (uxd)263
design, product-management
20 Years of AJAX: The Technology That Revolutionized Web Development262
ajax, javascript, data-fetching
A Really (Really) Long but Authentic History of Design Evolution in India (uxd)261
design, culture
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)260
fonts, typography
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)259
wordpress, themes, terminology
Angular: The Documentary258
videos, angularjs, angular
The End of Programming as We Know It (tim/ore)257
programming, processes, ai, career, outlooks
The Systemic Failure of Implementing CSS Principles256
css, principles, maintainability, consistency, modules, craft
The Politics of Accessibility255
accessibility, advocacy
To Get to the Internet, You Need a Steam Shovel (res)254
web
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)253
progressive-enhancement, javascript, advocacy, link-lists
The Curious (Performance) Case of CSS “@import” (erw/per)252
performance, css
The Heartfelt Story Behind CSS’s New Logo (web)251
css
Hints and Suggestions: The Design of Web Design (mia/btc)250
videos, design, css, cascade
WPT: An Overview and History (boa/boc)249
overviews, web-platform, testing
Blast From the Past: 2advanced.com (web)248
design, flash, case-studies
20 Years of Firefox: How a Community Project Changed the Web (moz)247
firefox, mozilla, browsers, anniversaries
AWS Lambda Turns Ten—Looking Back and Looking Ahead (jef)246
anniversaries, aws, serverless, lambda, outlooks
25 Crazy Software Bugs Explained (fir)245
videos, programming, bugs, quality
The Evolution of Google Web Vitals: What to Expect Beyond Core Web Vitals244
performance, web-vitals, google, outlooks
“We Were Wrong”: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website (vir/wir)243
podcasts, case-studies
Lessons From Building Netlify (bii/thi)242
lessons, videos, netlify, leadership
The Story of Web Framework Hono, From the Creator of Hono241
frameworks, hono
Bundling Past, Present, and Future (dev)240
videos, bundling, tooling, outlooks
5 Questions for Craig Buckler (cra+/fro)239
interviews, web-platform
The Evolution of CSS: From Early Days to Flexbox and Grid (kev/thi)238
videos, css, concepts, principles
The Problem of the Em Square (uxd)237
design, typography
2000s + 2010s = 10,000 (fro)236
frontend-dogma
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers (rga)235
safari, apple, browsers
From Node.js to Deno: How It All Began (tin)234
videos, nodejs, deno, javascript, runtimes
The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet (j9t)233
html, optimization, cheat-sheets
HTTP 1 vs. HTTP 2 vs. HTTP 3232
videos, protocols, http, comparisons
Behind the Scenes: The Making of VS Code (bur+/vsc)231
videos, code-editors, microsoft, vs-code
The Only Widely Recognized JavaScript Feature Ever Deprecated (tre)230
javascript, deprecation
Regexes Got Good: The History and Future of Regular Expressions in JavaScript (sma)229
regex, javascript
UX Is Dead. Long Live UX. (uxd)228
user-experience, economics
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)227
web, terminology
How Google Handles JavaScript Throughout the Indexing Process226
google, seo, web-apps, javascript, rendering
A Plea for the Lost Practice of Information Architecture (uxd)225
information-architecture, link-lists
Ten Years of Vue (With Evan You) (eva+)224
podcasts, vuejs, apis
Mythbusting DOM: Was DOM Invented Alongside HTML?223
myths, dom, html
The True Story—as Best I Can Remember—of the Origin of Mosaic and Netscape222
videos, browsers, mosaic, netscape
10 Years of Vue: The Past and the Future (eva)221
videos, vuejs, outlooks
Witnessing the Death of the Web as a News Medium (cod)220
web, content, seo, sem
The Long Path of JavaScript—from ES6 Until Today219
javascript, ecmascript
Predictors of Postsecondary Web Accessibility, 2012 to 2022218
studies, research, accessibility
Did We Fail to Develop the Next Generation of Designers? (uxd)217
design, career, leadership
The Carcinization of Web Frameworks216
frameworks, signals, server-side-rendering, outlooks, web-components
At Some Point, JavaScript Got Good215
javascript
Design Déjà Vu (mal)214
design, html, css, comparisons
The Slow Death of CSS Vendor Prefixes (oll)213
css, vendor-extensions
Why We Are Still Using 88×31 Buttons212
images, design
A Love Letter to Gen Z From Gen Y: Understanding React’s Evolution211
react
History of JS Interop in Dart210
javascript, dart, interoperability
History of Web Accessibility209
videos, accessibility
Node.js: The Documentary (isa+)208
videos, nodejs
Relicensing and Rug Pulls207
foss, licensing
I’m So Old: Web Edition (dav)206
web
The “10× Engineer”: 50 Years Ago and Now (ger)205
productivity, processes, career
Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter (tim)204
open-letters, web, anniversaries
The 88×31 Archive203
web, images
The Wax and the Wane of the Web (ste/ali)202
web-platform
Filling Gaps With a Polyfill (jay)201
polyfills, html, css, javascript
How I Developed the 10 Usability Heuristics200
usability, heuristics
The Evolution of Page Speed (deb)199
videos, performance, metrics, optimization
Web Standards: The Guidelines That Every Developer Should Know198
standards, w3c, html, css, xml, wcag
If It’s Not Usable, It’s Not Accessible (tpg)197
interviews, accessibility, usability
Oh Shit Banners (eri)196
design
The Ghosts of Markup Past (tho/mat)195
html, web
Using Date-Based CSS to Make Old Web Pages Look Old (ede)194
css
Everything Is Chrome (val)193
browsers, browser-wars, chrome, google, browser-extensions, amp, link-lists
The Last 5 Years of V8’s Garbage Collector (win)192
javascript, javascript-engines, v8, garbage-collection, concurrency
The Hellish History of HTML: An Incomplete and Personal Account (cra/mat)191
html
Of Time and the Web (ada/btc)190
videos, web, processes
Weird HTML Hacks (ern)189
html, css, hacks, techniques
How Independent Publishing Has Changed From the 1990s Until Today188
writing, web
NCSA Mosaic: How the First Mainstream Web Browser Changed the World Forever187
browsers, mosaic
Igalia Chats: Web History Part VI (stu+/iga)186
podcasts, web
What Happened to Separation of Concerns in Frontend Development (j9t)185
maintainability, principles, css, frameworks
Whatever Happened to the Zend Framework (ami)184
frameworks, php
The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won183
javascript, google, compiling, typescript
TypeScript Origins: The Documentary182
videos, typescript
The Psychology of Web Performance (tam/btc)181
videos, performance, user-experience
We are Chrome for Developers180
browsers, google, chrome, chromium, community, foss
Bun Hype: How We Learned Nothing From Yarn179
bun, yarn, dependencies
Securing Your Node.js Apps by Analyzing Real-World Command Injection Examples178
nodejs, security, examples
The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools—Jest177
testing, jest
CSS Lobotomized Owl Selector: A Modern Guide (log)176
css, selectors, guides
Hover Triangles (may)175
navigation, hover
Changes Over the Last 25 Years of UX Research (uxm)174
user-experience, research
Nostalgia in UX Design173
user-experience, design
Encoding: A Brief History and Its Role in Cybersecurity172
encoding, unicode, security
Getting Started—Understanding the History of Web Accessibility171
videos, introductions, accessibility
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples170
design, trends, navigation, colors, typography
Are We There Yet? (svg)169
css, colors
The Unlikely Story of UTF-8: The Text Encoding of the Web168
unicode
Internet Explorer: The 1st Browser to Support CSS (cdu+/hen)167
videos, css, browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer, support
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (ver)166
web, terminology
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design165
web, design, html, css
30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (koa/w3c)164
web, web-platform, standards, foss, anniversaries
A History of the World Wide Web From 1989 to the Present Day163
web
JSON vs. XML With Douglas Crockford (dou)162
podcasts, interviews, json, xml, comparisons
XUL Layout Is Gone161
xul, browsers, mozilla, firefox
That Time When SVG Almost Got Network Support for Raw Sockets160
svg, network
All JavaScript and TypeScript Features From the Last 3 Years159
javascript, typescript
CSS Through the Ages158
css
React.js: The Documentary157
videos, react
The Story of the World Wide Web (jay)156
books, web, browsers, standards, css, community, browser-wars
A Historical Reference of React Criticism (zac)155
react
The Future (and the Past) of the Web Is Server Side Rendering (den)154
server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering, deno, migrating
The History of Internet Explorer and Web Standards (jay/hac)153
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, standards, web-standards-project, link-lists
ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet152
videos, podcasts, web, domains
A Brief History of Web Apps—Why Qwik Is Innovative151
web-apps, qwik
The BBC’s 15 Web Principles—15 Years Later (ede)150
web, principles
The Evolution of Scalable CSS149
css, maintainability, scalability, naming, oocss, smacss, bem, css-in-js, modules, atomic-css, tailwind
A Brief and Probably Only Partially Correct History of CSS Nesting (chr)148
css, nesting
CSS Timeline147
css
Evolution of Manuals: UX Inspiration From History (uxd)146
user-experience, documentation
A Short Story of the Google Error Page (j9t)145
google, error-pages
“Accessibility at the Edge” W3C CG Is an Overlay Smoke Screen (aar)144
accessibility, overlays, w3c
Websites: Past and Present143
web, design
IE: RIP or BRB? (bru)142
videos, browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer
Ancient Web Browsers141
websites, browsers
The History of JavaScript140
javascript
Konqueror: The Forgotten Browser That Conquered the Market (dis)139
videos, konqueror, browsers
The Hidden History of Screen Readers (ver)138
accessibility, screen-readers, assistive-tech
Body Margin 8px (mia)137
css, margins
Farewell to HTML5Rocks136
community, html
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)135
design, naming, navigation, breadcrumbs
A Brief History of Responsive Web Design (web)134
responsive-design
The “Form” Element Created the Modern Web—Was It a Big Mistake? (wir)133
html, forms, mistakes
The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines132
accessibility, wcag, standards
Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks131
javascript, frameworks
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)130
fonts
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table (jay)129
standards
1993: Mosaic Launches and the Web Is Set Free (ric)128
browsers, mosaic
20 Years of bram.us (bra)127
1992: The Web vs. Gopher, and the First External Browsers (ric)126
web
Browser Wars (jay/css)125
browsers, browser-wars
1999: The Fall of Netscape and the Rise of Mozilla (ric)124
browsers, netscape, mozilla
1995: MySQL Arrives, Completing the LAMP Stack (ric)123
databases, mysql, tech-stacks
An Early History of the Lynx Web Browser (ada)122
browsers, lynx
timefind121
packages, npm
1995: Apache and Microsoft IIS Shake Up the Web Server Market (ric)120
servers, apache, microsoft, iis
30 Years on From Introducing the Web to the World (amy/w3c)119
web, anniversaries
A Look Back at the Very First Website Ever Launched, 30 Years Later (jos/npr)118
Where Did This Interaction Come From?—A Brief History of Interaction Design (uxd)117
interaction-design
RenderingNG (chr)116
browsers, browser-engines, chromium, google, rendering
Blogged Answers: The Evolution of Redux Testing Approaches115
redux, state-management, testing
History of Web Browser Engines From 1990 Until Today114
browser-engines, browsers, presto, gecko, trident, edgehtml, khtml, webkit, blink, servo
25 Years of CSS (mey)113
css
Checking “Under the Hood” of Code (jay)112
dev-tools, browsers, debugging, console, javascript, html, css
A Short History of SvelteKit111
sveltekit, svelte, link-lists
A General Introduction to Cloud Computing110
introductions, cloud-computing, concepts
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)109
design
The Browser Engine That Could (jay)108
browsers, browser-engines, trident, gecko, presto, khtml, javascriptcore, webkit, v8, blink, safari, apple, konqueror, chrome, google, link-lists
Let’s Not Be Pedantic About “Open Source” (arp)107
foss
Remembrance of Tags Past (mey)106
web-platform, html, xhtml, css, hacks, doctype-switching
The Need for Speed, 23 Years Later (nng)105
performance, user-experience
Vue.js: The Documentary104
videos, vuejs
Old CSS, New CSS (eev)103
css, html, examples, browser-wars, doctype-switching, dhtml, web-2.0, hacks, vendor-extensions, flexbox, layout
The History of JavaScript: A Journey From Netscape to Frameworks and Libraries102
javascript, frameworks, libraries, netscape
Today, the Trident Era Ends (sch)101
trident, browser-engines, browsers, edge, edgehtml, internet-explorer, microsoft
A History of CSS Through Fifteen Years of 24 Ways (rac/24w)100
css
The Origin Story of Container Queries (zac)99
css, container-queries
The Layers of the Web (ada/btc)98
videos, web
A Brief History of the Original Browsers and the First Browser War97
browsers, browser-wars
The History of Browser Wars96
browser-wars, browsers
evolt.org Browser Archive 20 Years Old (aar)95
anniversaries, browsers
Yet Another JavaScript Framework (jay/css)94
javascript, frameworks, mootools
Web Standards: The What, the Why, and the How (sma)93
standards, processes, web-platform
Everything You Know About Web Design Just Changed (jen)92
slides, layout, html, css, tables, flash, responsive-design, intrinsic-design
Why Isn’t It “<style src="">”? (chr/css)91
html, standards
The Internet Can’t Handle Functioning Like a Democracy90
web, community
The History of CSS Resets89
css, resets
The World Wide Success That Is XML (bar/w3c)88
xml, xsl, xquery
Clearfix: A Lesson in Web Development Evolution (jay/css)87
css, floats
The History of WordPress86
wordpress
Whatever Happened to the Semantic Web?85
semantic-web, xml, rdf, metadata
MongoDB Evolved84
mongodb, release-notes
The Inception of ESLint (nza)83
eslint
A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter (jay/css)82
wasp, community, standards, web-platform
How Declaration Repetition Developed Over Time, a Statistically Insignificant Sample (j9t)81
css, maintainability, metrics
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)80
css, resets, normalize-css, comparisons, terminology
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)79
css, browsers, doctype-switching, box-model, hacks, standards, css-zen-garden, semantics
The Web’s First (and Second) Browser (jay)78
browsers, line-mode, web
The Rise and Fall of Ext JS (hac)77
extjs
Web Design Museum76
websites, web
The JavaScript Standard75
javascript, ecmascript, standards
What the Internet Looked Like in 1973: Tiny Map Shows the Entire Network Was Made Up of Just 42 Computers (sta/dai)74
web, network
How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web73
web, links, http
An Interview With Miriam Suzanne (mia+/css)72
interviews, css
The Glory Days of the Web (bka)71
web-platform, html, css, javascript, frameworks, libraries
Five Myths About the Web (was)70
web, myths
25 Years Ago the World Changed Forever (amy/w3c)69
web, anniversaries, w3c
A History of CSS Image Replacement68
css, image-replacement, techniques, examples
A Wordy History of Default Browser Styles and CSS Resets67
css, resets
Brief History of JavaScript Modules66
javascript, modules, commonjs, browserify, esm, webpack, rollup, tooling
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: New Hope(s) (bka)65
web, browsers, mosaic, netscape
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: The Early Web (bka)64
web, browsers, mosaic
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: Time (bka)63
web, html
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: The Pre-Web (bka)62
web, sgml
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)61
videos, design
CSS Vendor Prefixes (gla)60
css, vendor-extensions
A Brief History of HTML (rpo)59
html, wml, hdml, chtml, wap
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)58
design, minimalism, tips-and-tricks
What Are Web Standards57
standards, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag, w3c
Refresh HTTP Header (kar)56
redirecting, http-headers, http, html, metadata
Google and HTML/CSS Code Quality (j9t)55
google, html, css, quality
The History of WordPress54
wordpress
Story of the Web53
websites, web
The First Ever Banner Ad: Why Did It Work So Well? (the)52
monetization
How the Float Label Pattern Started51
forms, labels, design-patterns
Line Mode Browser 2013 (lea+)50
websites, browsers, line-mode
The Web Wars49
libraries, frameworks, tooling, comparisons
The Evolution of the BEM Methodology (sma)48
bem, css, naming
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)47
fonts, typography
Homepage Design Changes (nng)46
homepages, design
The History of the Internet—Infographic45
web
The Future of CSS: Embracing the Machine (sma)44
css, outlooks, cssdoc
Infographic: History of Web Standards (jzb)43
standards
Where Form Met Function (ale)42
w3c, apple
Why the Web Needs HTML541
html, web-platform
The Story of the HTML5 Shiv (pau)40
html, polyfills
Web (bgz/nyt)39
web, terminology
What Is the History of the Django Web Framework? Why Has It Been Described as “Developed in a Newsroom”? (sim)38
django
A Brief History of Markup (ada/ali)37
html, xhtml, xml
History of the User-Agent String (nza)36
browsers, mosaic, netscape, internet-explorer, gecko, webkit, konqueror, chrome, opera
The Evolution of Web Design35
design, tables, flash, dhtml, css
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages34
programming
Can You Imagine the Web in 20 Years?33
web, outlooks
The Next Web of Open, Linked Data (tim/ted)32
videos, web, structured-data, outlooks
The Road to HTML 5—The “section” Element (div)31
html, semantics
Blast From the Web Past: DirectAnimation, Microsoft Chrome, and Cartoon Chat (bra/aja)30
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
25 Years in Usability (nng)29
usability, retrospectives
The World’s Most Popular Programming Language Has Fashion and Luck to Thank (dou/ore)28
programming, javascript, ajax
Making Open Standards as Open as Possible—Required Public Domain Licensing of All Microformats Wiki Contributions (tan/mic)27
microformats, licensing, community
Change vs. Stability in Web Usability Guidelines (nng)26
usability, best-practices
An HTML5 Conformance Checker (hsi)25
studies, html, conformance, parsing
Rich Internet Applications and Greek Mythology (jec)24
naming, adobe, microsoft, rich-internet-apps
10 Years of CSS (ber/w3c)23
css, anniversaries, w3c, link-lists
Cascading Style Sheets22
studies, css, dsssl
35 Years of the Internet21
web, anniversaries
How Microsoft Lost the API War (spo)20
microsoft, apis
RSS’ Troubled Past, Present and Future19
rss, syndication, outlooks
Inclusive Web Design for the Future (sch)18
slides, browsers, graceful-degradation, standards, design, strategies, comparisons
The Making of Python—a Conversation With Guido van Rossum17
interviews, python, extensibility
Some Early Ideas for HTML (w3c)16
html
The XML Files15
xml, terminology
The Real History of the GUI14
design
From Table Hacks to CSS Layout: A Web Designer’s Journey (zel/ali)13
web-platform, css, anti-patterns, hacks, best-practices
Web 101 for Dummies12
web, terminology
Weaving the Web (tim/w3c)11
books, web
The Evolution of Web Documents (dck+)10
html, xml
[Dan’s Web Tips] Introduction9
html, browsers, accessibility, link-lists
The History of HTML (jef)8
html
WWW: Beyond the Basics7
books, web, design, standards, programming, outlooks
Internet in Africa6
web
A Little History of the World Wide Web (w3c)5
web
Some Background on SGML for the World-Wide Web (dck/w3c)4
html, sgml
IP History Checker3
tools, analysis, network, ip, protocols
Website Archiver (archive.today)2
tools, exploration
Website Archiver (Internet Archive)1
tools, exploration