03.14.2011
The Things Internet Explorer Got Right
In a blogosphere dominated by SxSW updates, this little nugget documenting the rise and fall of Internet Explorer piqued my interest. Microsoft were actually very innovative with their browser in the 1990s but got lazy once they had effectively killed of Netscape.
DHTML changed web development forever. It was, however, IE4’s DOM that pushed the technology (and web development) forward by being the primary influence on the W3C’s DOM Level 1 and 2 specification. IE4 revolutionized web development in 1997, and IE would do so again a few years later.
As our profession continues to mature, it's great to see these reflections of Internet history springing up around the Web - in an industry that's all about the next big thing, it sometimes helps to understand how far we've come.
Tags: ie history web development Microsoft