| 1999 |
| Favicon |
introduction of the webpage icon that appeared in older browsers in the address bar next to the URL or in favorites |
| Internet Explorer 5.0 |
browser that was integrated with the Windows 98 SE operating system, and later, with the version 5.01, was part of Windows 2000, by Microsoft |
| Web 2.0 |
term introduced by Darcy DiNucci referring the production of contents by the users themselves, such as in social networking sites, web forums, internet encyclopedias, or photo/video sharing portals |
| WCAG 1.0 |
introduction of new principles of accessibility |
| Adobe Photoshop 5.5 |
new version of Photoshop that included the Adobe ImageReady 2.0 and provided more tools to work with web graphics |
| Blogger.com |
blogging platform, by Pyra Labs, later bought by Google |
| MONO*crafts |
world-first on horizontal scrolling, interactive zooming menu and mouse trailers, by tha |
| Dennis Interactive |
first website to allow color customisation |
| Crash!Media |
first website using drag-and-drop navigation |
| Superchannel |
internet art network of local studios used by people and communities as a discussion forum, by Superflex |
| 2000 |
| XHTML 1.0 |
specifications by W3C for the Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML), a markup language originated from the integration of XML and HTML |
| The FWA |
online gallery of unique and innovative websites in terms of design created with Macromedia Flash |
| PHP 4.0 |
new version of PHP based on an open source scripting engine called Zend Engine, by Zeev Suraski and Andi Gutmans |
| Macromedia Flash 5.0 and ActionScript 1.0 |
new version of Macromedia Flash that included the ActionScript 1.0 programming language |
| Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) |
UX designer and information architect Steve Krug, in his book Don’t Make Me Think, explores the notions of web usability and the interdisciplinary field of HCI |
| Barneys New York |
website using a new kind of menu system, which became known as Barneys scroller, by Kioken |
| Nosepilot |
one of the first websites using interactive animation series |
| 2Advanced v1 |
first website to use floating and draggable windows |
| Making Sense of it All |
internet art work about the Internet itself using GIF animations, by Blank & Jeron |
| 2001 |
| Wikipedia |
introduction of the participatory multilingual internet encyclopedia, by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger |
| Internet Explorer 6.0 |
new version of IE that was integrated into Windows XP |
| SVG 1.0 |
specifications by W3C for the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), later supported by all major browsers |
| Wayback Machine |
introduction of an archive of websites by The Internet Archive organisation |
| 2Advanced Studios v3 Expansions |
considered the most influential Flash Website |
| Nooflat |
the first resizing website |
| Tongsville |
one of the first websites using live feeds from satellites for weather reports, by Preloaded |
| TraceNoizer |
internet art work based on the issue of electronic surveillance, by LAN |
| 2002 |
| Mozilla 1.0 |
web browser based Gecko, an open source rendering engine |
| Friendster |
social network website |
| Perfect Fools |
first online effect to mimic turning the page of a book |
| Looplabs |
first online tool with music loops to play with an easy interface to mix, by Crash!Media |
| Eagle F1 |
the first to integrate video within a website, by EVB |
| VOPOS |
internet art work about the concept of privacy using different networks and GPS transmission, by 0100101110101101.ORG |
| 2003 |
| WordPress 0.7 |
open source content management system based on PHP and MySQL |
| Safari 1.0 |
Apple web browser |
| MySpace |
social network inspired on Friendster social network |
| Delicious |
social bookmarking service for discovering and sharing web bookmarks |
| iTunes |
Apple music store |
| Macromedia Flash MX 2004 and ActionScript 2.0 |
updated version of Macromedia Flash that included a new version of the object-oriented programming language ActionScript 2.0 |
| PDPal |
series of public art projects for Palm™ PDA, mobile phone and the web, by Bleecker/Paterson/Zurkow |
| Globulos |
one of the earliest multi-player realtime games |
| Samorost |
point-and-click multimedia game adventure, by Jakub Dvorsky |
| OurType |
e-commerce website dedicated to typography, by group 94 |
| Natural Process |
installation that translates the Google search engine home page to the form of a large-scale painting, and then back to digital media via webcam, by Exonemo |
| Amazon |
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An American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington, which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. |
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| Apple |
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An American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. |
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| Microsoft |
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An American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. |
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| Nintendo |
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A Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto. The company was founded in 1889 as Nintendo Karuta by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produced handmade hanafuda playing cards. |
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| Adobe |
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An American multinational computer software company. Incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in San Jose, California, it has historically focused upon the creation of multimedia and creativity software products, with a more recent foray into digital marketing software. |
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