The History of the Internet - Condensed (and with cool pics)

By Chet Davis

Thanks to Cameron Chapman at the Six Revisions website we can take a nicely cataloged walk down memory lane... a relatively short memory lane as far as years go -- and if you compare it to other history, but a huge leap back in time in terms of function and capability. 

Cameron's article (originally posted in November of this year) highlights the history of the Internet.  It is a fun glimpse back at some of the foundational moments and developments in that 'thing' many of us use so regularly.

Some of my favorite mentions are the advent of Netscape Navigator in 1994 (picture at left). 

This was not the first but one of the most popular of the new group of software tools that enabled your computer to pull together the code transferred over the internet to make read-able text and images.

I also enjoyed seeing the beta screen of Google way back in 1998 ( way back... wow, that's amazing that Google has become such a powerful force in our society in just 11 years!).

You can read this article (and view the cool screen shots) at the Six Revisions website.

("Six Revisions is a website that publishes practical and useful articles for designers and web developers. We seek to present exceptional, noteworthy tips, tutorials, and resources that the modern web professional will appreciate")

Comments

[Rob Herron]

Thanks for the link. But no mention of Englebart and the "Mother of All Demos?"