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n today’s world, it is the rare person who has
not had some exposure to the Internet and the
World-Wide Web. According to recent research,
as of the year 2004 there were only about 20% of
American homes without a computer while 50%
of homes had some form of high-speed internet
connection1
. Many of us have not only used the
Internet but have also created web content in
some form or other. The purpose of this chapter
is to provide you with a brief introduction to and
history of the Internet and the World-Wide Web
as well as computer monitor technology and
to give you a basic understanding of how they
work.
While a thorough and technical history is beyond
the scope of this work, having some idea of the
history and development of the Internet and the
web is helpful in understanding the design constraints
imposed by the technology. For example,
you may need to know why the text formatting
of a web page is limited to a
few sizes, basic fonts and type
styles, why the resolution of a
web photo is so low, why exact
placement of content is difficult and why images
are linked to rather than embedded in HTML
documents.
As you study web design, you will come to
understand and appreciate why there are so many
constraints and how we can work around them
(or with them) - Facilitating our efforts to become
good web designers.
It must be said at the outset that the history of
the Internet and the web is not exactly cut and
dried. There are many versions of the history
and many different people who are given credit
for the development and continuation of these
technologies. The information presented here is
a compilation of many of these stories gleaned
from various sources.