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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
5 Questions for Laura Carlson (lau+/fro)339
interviews, accessibility, web
The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals (el)338
social-media
The Evolution of the “Buy” Button: 1995–2026 (web)337
design, ecommerce, buttons
The Sites We Lost (aus)336
web
“Our Product Is Used, on [Occasion], to Kill People”: Inside Palantir, the World’s Scariest AI Company335
ai, palantir
1995: From Batman Forever’s Cinematic Design to HTML Tables (ric)334
web, design, netscape, mosaic, browsers, tables, layout, html, wysiwyg, code-editors
Web Rewind333
websites, web
How to Shoot a Screen Using a Board of Keys (mwi)332
screenshots, keyboard-shortcuts, apple
A Brief History of Programming… (fir)331
videos, programming
Ruby Turns 30: A Celebration of Code, Community, and Creativity (jet)330
ruby, ruby-on-rails, anniversaries
The HTML Elements Time Forgot (val/mat)329
html
A Short History of Performance Engineering (per)328
performance
The JavaScript Bundler Grand Prix (kat/red)327
javascript, bundling, tooling, vite, rspack, 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)326
netscape, javascript
Web Backstories: Shadow DOM (ada+/iga)325
podcasts, interviews, shadow-dom, web-components, standards
The Evolution of Web Development: From Static Pages to AI-Driven Experiences (web)324
web, web-2.0, web-apps, ai
Blogging Gets Serious in 2001 With Warblogs and Movable Type (ric)323
web, blogging, examples, movable-type
The Origin Story of JavaScript (ann/cas)322
videos, web, javascript, ecmascript, browsers, browser-wars, browser-engines, standards
The Sky Is Falling, the Web Is Dead (ern/ted)321
web
A Brief History of Domains (pet)320
web, domains, dns
Why “NaN !== NaN” in JavaScript (and the IEEE 754 Story Behind It)319
javascript, standards
Vite: The Documentary (cul)318
videos, vite
Birth of Prettier (vje)317
prettier
The History of Core Web Vitals (add)316
web-vitals, performance, user-experience, metrics, google
Why I Gave the World Wide Web Away for Free (tim/the)315
web, licensing
State of QUIC in Node.js (pav)314
nodejs, quic, protocols
What the Internet Was Like in 1999 (ric)313
web, microsoft, netscape, google, blogging, syndication
Google Chrome at 17—a History of Our Browser (add)312
chrome, google, browsers, anniversaries
How Designing for Disability Benefits Everyone311
accessibility, economics
Python: The Documentary (cul)310
videos, python
The History of Themeable User Interfaces (bra)309
design, theming
Hack to the Future—Frontend (the)308
html, css, javascript, design, layout, flash, image-replacement, libraries, frameworks, hacks, xhtml, tooling, testing, outlooks
Design Hacks From the Pre-CSS Era (den/hac)307
html, tables, layout, hacks
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)306
fonts, performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x
Michelle Frechette and Jonathan Desrosiers on the Story of .com and .org (mic+)305
podcasts, interviews, wordpress, domains
Has Efficiency Killed Beauty? A Designer’s Search for Meaning304
design, efficiency, aesthetics, user-experience
What We Learned From Creating PostCSS (sit+/evi)303
postcss, lessons, tips-and-tricks
Neo-Brutalism: Breaking Rules, Loudly302
design, brutalism, trends
The Many, Many, Many JavaScript Runtimes of the Last Decade (shi)301
javascript, runtimes
Node.js Is Growing Up: 3 Major Releases That Changed the Game (hac)300
nodejs
The Untold Story of JavaScript299
videos, javascript
The Untold Story of JavaScript (den)298
videos, javascript
Is It Still Worth Using jQuery in 2025?297
jquery
The History of React Through Code (cru/pla)296
react, examples
30 Years of JavaScript: 10 Milestones That Changed the Web (ric)295
javascript, anniversaries, ecmascript, ajax, jquery, web-2.0, nodejs, npm, react, typescript, webassembly
CSS Intelligence: Speculating on the Future of a Smarter Language (sma)294
css, outlooks
What Every React Developer Should Know About Signals (rya)293
videos, react, signals
A Simple Website292
websites, layout, animations, images, tables, javascript, ajax, flash, deploying, simplicity
A Short History of Web Bots and Bot Detection Techniques (ole)291
techniques, fingerprinting, traffic
JavaScript Broke the Web (and Called It Progress) (jon)290
javascript, performance, user-experience, tooling, tech-stacks
Why JPEGs Still Rule the Web (ern/iee)289
jpeg, images
How JavaScript Was Written Back in the Day (tre)288
javascript, jquery, comparisons
Why Visual Website Builders Didn’t Take Off (whi)287
videos, code-editors, wysiwyg, html
What the Internet Was Like in 1997 (ric)286
web, web-platform, browsers, browser-wars, netscape, internet-explorer, microsoft, dhtml
The Evolving Art and Science of Prompt Engineering: A Chronological Journey285
ai, prompting
My Request to Google on Accessibility (aar)284
accessibility, google
A Brief History of JavaScript (den)283
javascript, ecmascript, typescript, json, javascript-engines, runtimes, browsers
Understanding Java’s Asynchronous Journey282
java, asynchronicity
Web Typography: A Refresher and History (zel)281
typography, link-lists
The Untold Story of Git280
videos, git, svn, cvs, version-control
History of the Web: Chris Lilley (svg+/iga)279
videos, interviews, web-platform
Two Decades of Git: A Conversation With Creator Linus Torvalds (tor)278
videos, interviews, git
Cover Flow With Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action (add)277
css, animations, transforms, scrolling, effects
A Decade of Impact: How Our npm Packages Hit 1 Billion Downloads and Shaped JavaScript276
npm, dependencies, javascript
Deno vs. Oracle Update 3: Fighting the JavaScript Trademark (tin/den)275
deno, oracle, javascript, legal
JavaScript’s Missing Link: Wasp Offers Full Stack Solution (low)274
wasp, javascript, frameworks
Cursor, “Vibe Coding,” and Manus: The UX Revolution That AI Needs273
ai, chatgpt, cursor, vibe-coding, user-experience
Web Accessibility Requirements in the EU (mar)272
accessibility, eaa, legal, compliance, metrics
Past and Present Futures of User Interface Design271
design, desktop, outlooks
A Perplexing JavaScript Parsing Puzzle (hil)270
javascript, parsing
Here’s How Chrome Could Lose the Browser War269
chrome, google, browsers, browser-wars
From “You Will Fail” to 15,000 GitHub Stars: The Story of Wasp, a “Laravel for JS” Full-Stack Framework268
wasp
One Kilobyte to Copilot: My Journey Through Programming History267
programming, ai
Overlay Timeline (ove)266
websites, overlays, accessibility, link-lists
The Effort Paradox in AI Design265
design, product-management
20 Years of AJAX: The Technology That Revolutionized Web Development264
ajax, javascript, data-fetching
A Really (Really) Long but Authentic History of Design Evolution in India263
design, culture
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)262
fonts, typography
How I Created a Popular WordPress Theme and Coined the Term “Hero Section” (Without Realizing It) (sma)261
wordpress, themes, terminology
The End of Programming as We Know It (tim/ore)260
programming, processes, ai, career, outlooks
Angular: The Documentary259
videos, angularjs, angular
The Systemic Failure of Implementing CSS Principles258
css, principles, maintainability, consistency, modules, craft
The Politics of Accessibility257
accessibility, advocacy, politics
To Get to the Internet, You Need a Steam Shovel (res)256
web
Progressive Enhancement Brings Everyone In (jay)255
progressive-enhancement, javascript, advocacy, link-lists
The Curious (Performance) Case of CSS “@import” (erw/per)254
performance, css
Node.js: A Brief History of CJS, Bundlers, and ESM253
nodejs, commonjs, esm, bundling
The Heartfelt Story Behind CSS’s New Logo (web)252
css
Hints and Suggestions: The Design of Web Design (mia/btc)251
videos, design, css, cascade
WPT: An Overview and History (boa/boc)250
overviews, web-platform, testing
Blast From the Past: 2advanced.com (web)249
design, flash, case-studies
20 Years of Firefox: How a Community Project Changed the Web (moz)248
firefox, mozilla, browsers, anniversaries
AWS Lambda Turns Ten—Looking Back and Looking Ahead (jef)247
anniversaries, aws, serverless, lambda, outlooks
25 Crazy Software Bugs Explained (fir)246
videos, programming, bugs, quality
The Evolution of Google Web Vitals: What to Expect Beyond Core Web Vitals245
performance, web-vitals, google, outlooks
“We Were Wrong”: An Oral History of WIRED’s Original Website (vir/wir)244
podcasts, case-studies
Lessons From Building Netlify (bii/thi)243
lessons, videos, netlify, leadership
The Story of Web Framework Hono, From the Creator of Hono242
frameworks, hono
Bundling Past, Present, and Future (dev)241
videos, bundling, tooling, outlooks
5 Questions for Craig Buckler (cra+/fro)240
interviews, web-platform
The Evolution of CSS: From Early Days to Flexbox and Grid (kev/thi)239
videos, css, concepts, principles
2000s + 2010s = 10,000 (fro)238
frontend-dogma
The Problem of the Em Square237
design, typography
An Abridged History of Safari Showstoppers (rga)236
safari, apple, browsers
From Node.js to Deno: How It All Began (tin)235
videos, nodejs, deno, javascript, runtimes
The HTML History and Optimization Cheat Sheet (j9t)234
html, optimization, cheat-sheets
HTTP 1 vs. HTTP 2 vs. HTTP 3233
videos, protocols, http, comparisons
Behind the Scenes: The Making of VS Code (bur+/vsc)232
videos, code-editors, microsoft, vs-code
The Only Widely Recognized JavaScript Feature Ever Deprecated (tre)231
javascript, deprecation
Regexes Got Good: The History and Future of Regular Expressions in JavaScript (sma)230
regex, javascript
UX Is Dead. Long Live UX.229
user-experience, economics
Browsers, Cookies, and Surfing the Web: The Quirky History of Internet Lingo (moz)228
web, terminology
How Google Handles JavaScript Throughout the Indexing Process227
google, seo, web-apps, javascript, rendering
A Plea for the Lost Practice of Information Architecture226
information-architecture, link-lists
Ten Years of Vue (With Evan You) (eva+)225
podcasts, vuejs, apis
Mythbusting DOM: Was DOM Invented Alongside HTML?224
myths, dom, html
The True Story—as Best I Can Remember—of the Origin of Mosaic and Netscape223
videos, browsers, mosaic, netscape
10 Years of Vue: The Past and the Future (eva)222
videos, vuejs, outlooks
Witnessing the Death of the Web as a News Medium (cod)221
web, content, seo, sem
The Long Path of JavaScript—from ES6 Until Today220
javascript, ecmascript
Predictors of Postsecondary Web Accessibility, 2012 to 2022219
studies, research, accessibility
Did We Fail to Develop the Next Generation of Designers?218
design, career, leadership
The Carcinization of Web Frameworks217
frameworks, signals, server-side-rendering, outlooks, web-components
At Some Point, JavaScript Got Good216
javascript
Design Déjà Vu (mal)215
design, html, css, comparisons
The Slow Death of CSS Vendor Prefixes (oll)214
css, vendor-extensions
Why We Are Still Using 88×31 Buttons213
images, design
A Love Letter to Gen Z From Gen Y: Understanding React’s Evolution212
react
History of JS Interop in Dart211
javascript, dart, interoperability
History of Web Accessibility210
videos, accessibility
Relicensing and Rug Pulls209
foss, licensing
Node.js: The Documentary (isa+)208
videos, nodejs
I’m So Old: Web Edition (dav)207
web
The “10× Engineer”: 50 Years Ago and Now (ger)206
productivity, processes, career
Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter (tim)205
open-letters, web, anniversaries
The 88×31 Archive204
web, images
The Wax and the Wane of the Web (ste/ali)203
web-platform
Filling Gaps With a Polyfill (jay)202
polyfills, html, css, javascript
How I Developed the 10 Usability Heuristics201
usability, heuristics
Web Standards: The Guidelines That Every Developer Should Know200
standards, w3c, html, css, xml, wcag
The Evolution of Page Speed (mat/deb)199
videos, performance, metrics, optimization
If It’s Not Usable, It’s Not Accessible (tpg)198
interviews, accessibility, usability
Oh Shit Banners (eri)197
design
The Ghosts of Markup Past (tho/mat)196
html, web
Using Date-Based CSS to Make Old Web Pages Look Old (ede)195
css
Everything Is Chrome (val)194
browsers, browser-wars, chrome, google, browser-extensions, amp, link-lists
The Last 5 Years of V8’s Garbage Collector (win)193
javascript, javascript-engines, v8, garbage-collection, concurrency
The Hellish History of HTML: An Incomplete and Personal Account (cra/mat)192
html
Of Time and the Web (ada/btc)191
videos, web, processes
Weird HTML Hacks (ern)190
html, css, hacks, techniques
How Independent Publishing Has Changed From the 1990s Until Today189
writing, web
NCSA Mosaic: How the First Mainstream Web Browser Changed the World Forever188
browsers, mosaic
Igalia Chats: Web History Part VI (stu+/iga)187
podcasts, web
What Happened to Separation of Concerns in Frontend Development (j9t)186
maintainability, principles, css, frameworks
Whatever Happened to the Zend Framework (ami)185
frameworks, php
The Saga of the Closure Compiler, and Why TypeScript Won184
javascript, google, compiling, typescript
TypeScript Origins: The Documentary183
videos, typescript
The Psychology of Web Performance (tam/btc)182
videos, performance, user-experience
We are Chrome for Developers181
browsers, google, chrome, chromium, community, foss
Bun Hype: How We Learned Nothing From Yarn180
bun, yarn, dependencies
Securing Your Node.js Apps by Analyzing Real-World Command Injection Examples179
nodejs, security, examples
The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools—Jest178
testing, jest
CSS Lobotomized Owl Selector: A Modern Guide (log)177
css, selectors, guides
Hover Triangles (may)176
navigation, hover
Changes Over the Last 25 Years of UX Research (uxm)175
user-experience, research
Nostalgia in UX Design174
user-experience, design
Encoding: A Brief History and Its Role in Cybersecurity173
encoding, unicode, security
Getting Started—Understanding the History of Web Accessibility172
videos, introductions, accessibility
Are We There Yet? (svg)171
css, colors
90s Websites—Key Characteristics and Examples170
design, trends, navigation, colors, typography
The Unlikely Story of UTF-8: The Text Encoding of the Web169
unicode
Internet Explorer: The 1st Browser to Support CSS (cdu+/hen)168
videos, css, browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer, support
A History of Metaphors for the Internet (ver)167
web, terminology
How Far Back in Time Can I Take My Website’s Design166
web, design, html, css
30th Anniversary of Licensing the Web for General Use and at No Cost (koa/w3c)165
web, web-platform, standards, foss, anniversaries
A History of the World Wide Web From 1989 to the Present Day164
web
JSON vs. XML With Douglas Crockford (dou)163
podcasts, interviews, json, xml, comparisons
XUL Layout Is Gone162
xul, browsers, mozilla, firefox
That Time When SVG Almost Got Network Support for Raw Sockets161
svg, network
All JavaScript and TypeScript Features From the Last 3 Years160
javascript, typescript
CSS Through the Ages159
css
React.js: The Documentary158
videos, react
The Story of the World Wide Web (jay)157
books, web, browsers, standards, css, community, browser-wars
A Historical Reference of React Criticism (zac)156
react
The Future (and the Past) of the Web Is Server Side Rendering (den)155
server-side-rendering, client-side-rendering, deno, migrating
The History of Internet Explorer and Web Standards (jay/hac)154
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers, standards, web-standards-project, link-lists
ICANN and the 7 Keys to the Internet153
videos, podcasts, web, domains
The BBC’s 15 Web Principles—15 Years Later (ede)152
web, principles
A Brief History of Web Apps—Why Qwik Is Innovative151
web-apps, qwik
The Evolution of Scalable CSS150
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)149
css, nesting
CSS Timeline148
css
Evolution of Manuals: UX Inspiration From History147
user-experience, documentation
A Short Story of the Google Error Page (j9t)146
google, error-pages
“Accessibility at the Edge” W3C CG Is an Overlay Smoke Screen (aar)145
accessibility, overlays, w3c
Websites: Past and Present144
web, design
IE: RIP or BRB? (bru)143
videos, browsers, microsoft, internet-explorer
Ancient Web Browsers142
websites, browsers
The History of JavaScript141
javascript
Konqueror: The Forgotten Browser That Conquered the Market (dis)140
videos, konqueror, browsers
The Hidden History of Screen Readers (ver)139
accessibility, screen-readers, assistive-tech
Body Margin 8px (mia)138
css, margins
Farewell to HTML5Rocks137
community, html
Why Do We Call It “Breadcrumbs”? Diving Into the History of UI Components (uxm)136
design, naming, navigation, breadcrumbs
A Brief History of Responsive Web Design (web)135
responsive-design
The “Form” Element Created the Modern Web—Was It a Big Mistake? (wir)134
html, forms, mistakes
The Evolution of WCAG: A Postcard From the Front Lines133
accessibility, wcag, standards
Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks132
javascript, frameworks
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)131
fonts
Giving Web Standards a Seat at the Table (jay)130
standards
1993: Mosaic Launches and the Web Is Set Free (ric)129
browsers, mosaic
20 Years of bram.us (bra)128
1992: The Web vs. Gopher, and the First External Browsers (ric)127
web
Browser Wars (jay/css)126
browsers, browser-wars
1999: The Fall of Netscape and the Rise of Mozilla (ric)125
browsers, netscape, mozilla
1995: MySQL Arrives, Completing the LAMP Stack (ric)124
databases, mysql, tech-stacks
An Early History of the Lynx Web Browser (ada)123
browsers, lynx
timefind122
packages, npm
1995: Apache and Microsoft IIS Shake Up the Web Server Market (ric)121
servers, apache, microsoft, iis
30 Years on From Introducing the Web to the World (amy/w3c)120
web, anniversaries
A Look Back at the Very First Website Ever Launched, 30 Years Later (jos/npr)119
Where Did This Interaction Come From?—A Brief History of Interaction Design118
interaction-design
RenderingNG (chr)117
browsers, browser-engines, chromium, google, rendering
Blogged Answers: The Evolution of Redux Testing Approaches116
redux, state-management, testing
History of Web Browser Engines From 1990 Until Today115
browser-engines, browsers, presto, gecko, trident, edgehtml, khtml, webkit, blink, servo
25 Years of CSS (mey)114
css
Checking “Under the Hood” of Code (jay)113
dev-tools, browsers, debugging, console, javascript, html, css
A Short History of SvelteKit112
sveltekit, svelte, link-lists
A General Introduction to Cloud Computing (dig)111
introductions, cloud-computing, concepts
What Apple, Google, and Amazon’s Websites Looked Like in 1999 (mas)110
design
The Browser Engine That Could (jay)109
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)108
foss
Remembrance of Tags Past (mey)107
web-platform, html, xhtml, css, hacks, doctype-switching
The Need for Speed, 23 Years Later (nng)106
performance, user-experience
Vue.js: The Documentary105
videos, vuejs
Old CSS, New CSS (eev)104
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 Libraries103
javascript, frameworks, libraries, netscape
Today, the Trident Era Ends (sch)102
trident, browser-engines, browsers, edge, edgehtml, internet-explorer, microsoft
A History of CSS Through Fifteen Years of 24 Ways (rac/24w)101
css
The Origin Story of Container Queries (zac)100
css, container-queries
The Layers of the Web (ada/btc)99
videos, web
A Brief History of the Original Browsers and the First Browser War98
browsers, browser-wars
The History of Browser Wars97
browser-wars, browsers
evolt.org Browser Archive 20 Years Old (aar)96
anniversaries, browsers
Yet Another JavaScript Framework (jay/css)95
javascript, frameworks, mootools
Web Standards: The What, the Why, and the How (sma)94
standards, processes, web-platform
Everything You Know About Web Design Just Changed (jen)93
slides, layout, html, css, tables, flash, responsive-design, intrinsic-design
Why Isn’t It “<style src="">”? (chr/css)92
html, standards
The Internet Can’t Handle Functioning Like a Democracy91
web, community
The History of CSS Resets90
css, resets
The World Wide Success That Is XML (bar/w3c)89
xml, xsl, xquery
Clearfix: A Lesson in Web Development Evolution (jay/css)88
css, floats
The History of WordPress87
wordpress
Whatever Happened to the Semantic Web?86
semantic-web, xml, rdf, metadata
MongoDB Evolved85
mongodb, release-notes
The Inception of ESLint (nza)84
eslint
A Short History of WaSP and Why Web Standards Matter (jay/css)83
wasp, community, standards, web-platform
How Declaration Repetition Developed Over Time, a Statistically Insignificant Sample (j9t)82
css, maintainability, metrics
Reboot, Resets, and Reasoning (chr/css)81
css, resets, normalize-css, comparisons, terminology
A Look Back at the History of CSS (jay/css)80
css, browsers, doctype-switching, box-model, hacks, standards, css-zen-garden, semantics
The Web’s First (and Second) Browser (jay)79
browsers, line-mode, web
The Rise and Fall of Ext JS (hac)78
extjs
Web Design Museum77
websites, web
The JavaScript Standard76
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)75
web, network
How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web74
web, links, http
An Interview With Miriam Suzanne (mia+/css)73
interviews, css
The Glory Days of the Web (bka)72
web-platform, html, css, javascript, frameworks, libraries
Five Myths About the Web (was)71
web, myths
25 Years Ago the World Changed Forever (amy/w3c)70
web, anniversaries, w3c
A History of CSS Image Replacement69
css, image-replacement, techniques, examples
A Wordy History of Default Browser Styles and CSS Resets68
css, resets
Brief History of JavaScript Modules67
javascript, modules, commonjs, browserify, esm, webpack, rollup, tooling
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: New Hope(s) (bka)66
web, browsers, mosaic, netscape
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: The Early Web (bka)65
web, browsers, mosaic
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: Time (bka)64
web, html
A Brief(ish) History of the Web Universe: The Pre-Web (bka)63
web, sgml
A Brief History of Web Design (dav/btc)62
videos, design
CSS Vendor Prefixes (gla)61
css, vendor-extensions
A Brief History of HTML (rpo)60
html, wml, hdml, chtml, wap
The Roots of Minimalism in Web Design (nng)59
design, minimalism, tips-and-tricks
What Are Web Standards58
standards, html, xml, xhtml, css, wcag, w3c
Refresh HTTP Header (kar)57
redirecting, http-headers, http, html, metadata
Google and HTML/CSS Code Quality (j9t)56
google, html, css, quality
The History of WordPress55
wordpress
Story of the Web54
websites, web
The First Ever Banner Ad: Why Did It Work So Well? (the)53
monetization
How the Float Label Pattern Started52
forms, labels, design-patterns
Line Mode Browser 2013 (lea+)51
websites, browsers, line-mode
The Web Wars50
libraries, frameworks, tooling, comparisons
The Evolution of the BEM Methodology (sma)49
bem, css, naming
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)48
fonts, typography
Homepage Design Changes (nng)47
homepages, design
The History of the Internet—Infographic46
web
The Future of CSS: Embracing the Machine (sma)45
css, outlooks, cssdoc
Infographic: History of Web Standards (jzb)44
standards
Where Form Met Function (ale)43
w3c, apple
Why the Web Needs HTML542
html, web-platform
The Story of the HTML5 Shiv (pau)41
html, polyfills
Web (bgz/nyt)40
web, terminology
What Is the History of the Django Web Framework? Why Has It Been Described as “Developed in a Newsroom”? (sim)39
django
A Brief History of Markup (ada/ali)38
html, xhtml, xml
History of the User-Agent String (nza)37
browsers, mosaic, netscape, internet-explorer, gecko, webkit, konqueror, chrome, opera
The Evolution of Web Design36
design, tables, flash, dhtml, css
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages35
programming
Can You Imagine the Web in 20 Years?34
web, outlooks
The Next Web of Open, Linked Data (tim/ted)33
videos, web, structured-data, outlooks
The Road to HTML 5—The “section” Element (div)32
html, semantics
Blast From the Web Past: DirectAnimation, Microsoft Chrome, and Cartoon Chat (bra/aja)31
internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
25 Years in Usability (nng)30
usability, retrospectives
The World’s Most Popular Programming Language Has Fashion and Luck to Thank (dou/ore)29
programming, javascript, ajax
Making Open Standards as Open as Possible—Required Public Domain Licensing of All Microformats Wiki Contributions (tan/mic)28
microformats, licensing, community
Change vs. Stability in Web Usability Guidelines (nng)27
usability, best-practices
An HTML5 Conformance Checker (hsi)26
studies, html, conformance, parsing
Rich Internet Applications and Greek Mythology (jec)25
naming, adobe, microsoft, rich-internet-apps
10 Years of CSS (ber/w3c)24
css, anniversaries, w3c, link-lists
Cascading Style Sheets23
studies, css, dsssl
35 Years of the Internet22
web, anniversaries
How Microsoft Lost the API War (spo)21
microsoft, apis
RSS’ Troubled Past, Present and Future20
rss, syndication, outlooks
Inclusive Web Design for the Future (sch)19
slides, browsers, graceful-degradation, standards, design, strategies, comparisons
The Making of Python—a Conversation With Guido van Rossum18
interviews, python, extensibility
Steal Your Interface: A History (lka/wir)17
design, apple
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) (int)1
tools, exploration