Comments on: The Evolution of Web Design

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:31:53 +0000

In the wake of Google +, I am willing to bet Google will have elite control over where web design and development is headed. Great examples used in this post.

By: Matt Cove

Matt Cove — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:08:34 +0000

Coming to web design in the last couple of years this is a great read. Thanks

By: Elliot Ross

Elliot Ross — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:32:24 +0000

wasn’t the thing about non-styled links so that users could set link colours using their browser? (back in the days before background colours came in)

By: Luis

Luis — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:44:33 +0000

Great article!

It’s been great to see with those screenshots how some major companies have evolved through the years. Even though I’ve been using the Internet since the mid’ 90′s, it’s surprising to see again how simple and ugly were the web pages then, with just underlined hypertext as links, and afterwards very few images too with those table-based structures.

I think there are some important mentions missing though, like the use of XML-based standards to generate documents from separated content and presentation (XSL), or the popularization of Javascript frameworks (JQuery, Mootools) that allow you with little code to perform huge changes in your layout, and animations.

Cheers!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:22:18 +0000

I first saw this site falange not understand much but while I’m reading I found out how it improved a web and the history it .. thanks

By: Ted Thompson

Ted Thompson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:58:08 +0000

Great article, that early Yahoo page brings back memories!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:36:23 +0000

Nice article – It is amazing how web design has come on over the years. Just think what we will be doing in 10 years!

By: Arlington

Arlington — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:07:19 +0000

Great article! I remember when Yahoo was the big thing in the 90s. Thanks for posting.

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:02:07 +0000

Thanks for bringing up this interesting topic. Web design as all “fashion” becomes nostalgic after a while. I am really curious to see how the future will shape web design. For sure it will become technically easier and easier, which again will highlight more the design talent.

By: Jeff Dickey

Jeff Dickey — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:21:16 +0000

What I like about “proper” Web design, then and now, is that anybody with a bit of common sense and some basic tools – often just a simple text editor – can create compelling, interesting sites. What I think the great value of HTML5 and CSS3 are going to prove to be is, keeping that spirit alive instead of devolving the Web into just a gaggle of proprietary Flash or Silverlight RIAs.