1996
Articles tagged 1996.
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1996: Flash and CSS Bring Design to the Web
There were two stylistically opposed approaches to web design in the 1990s, epitomized by two distinct — and utterly different — technologies, both of which debuted in 1996.
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1996: Microsoft Activates the Internet With ActiveX & JScript
In March 1996, Bill Gates announced a set of internet technologies called ActiveX. It was the moment web companies had feared — Microsoft was embedding the Internet into Windows.
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1996: Netscape Lays the Groundwork For Web Applications
Netscape Navigator 3.0 was a 'universal client' to help expand what HTML could do. But Netscape was also looking to broaden its product offering with a suite of tools it called Netscape Communicator.
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1996: JavaScript Annoyances and Meeting the DOM
Other than homepages sprinkled with little animations, scrolling text, and embedded digital clocks, adventurous corporate webmasters began to experiment with JavaScript in early 1996.
