1996
Articles tagged 1996.
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State of Online Music in 1996: RealAudio and Rocktroplis
Over 1996, the Web became an experimental testing ground for new ways of distributing and promoting music. RealAudio, Rocktropolis, Music Boulevard and IUMA were some of the leading sites.
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David Bowie’s Early Websites, 1995–1997: Outside to Earthling
During the mid-90s, David Bowie's website went from a storytelling structure for the Outside album, into a striking, grunge-inspired design for Earthling. At the same time, Bowie fan sites emerged.
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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.
