Timeline of Events
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2008 |
| Google Chrome |
freeware browser for Windows beta version release |
| HTML5 |
the working drafted is launched |
| WCAG 2.0 |
W3C recommendations for new accessibility guidelines |
| Dropbox |
the online service is launched |
| Spectra Visual Newsreader |
innovative 3D visualiser for reading news, by Fluid/Kinetic Aesthetic |
| The Outbreak |
online interactive horror movie, by SilkTricky |
| Tracy Chapman |
the first painting-by-numbers website, by OrdinaryKids/KQED |
| Nine Eyes of Google Street View |
archival and conceptual project on the state of photography in a time of automated imagemaking on a massive scale, by Jon Rafman |
2009 |
| BEM |
methodology that allowed for unambiguous naming of classes in CSS, by Yandex |
| Node.js |
open-source, cross-platform, back-end, JavaScript runtime environment for the use of JavaScript outside the browser |
| Less 1.0 |
CSS preprocessor influenced by Sass, by Alexis Sellier |
| Dribbble.com |
community website for designers |
| CSS Flexible Box Layout |
W3C specification for flexbox web layout |
| Typekit |
web fonts library to be used with a css rule |
| The CSS Awards |
online gallery of creative and innovative CSSbased websites, later called Awwwards |
| Zune Media Player / Flat Design |
multimedia player by Microsoft considered to be one of the first uses of flat design in user interface |
| Google Experiments |
online showroom of web browser based experiments, interactive programs, and artistic projects |
| Labuat |
interactive music video conducted by mouse movement, by Herraiz Soto |
| Because Clicking Is So 90s! |
first website using voice navigation, by Andreas Lutz |
| BooneOakley |
first website entirely within YouTube |
| Grobari |
downloadable PDFs, several thousand pages long, which are displayed as sculptural objects, by Aleksandra Domanović |
2010 |
| AngularJS |
JavaScript-based open-source front-end web framework, by Google |
| WOFF 1.0 |
W3C specification for the support of fonts by all major browsers |
| Google Web Fonts |
open source web font library, later called Google Fonts |
| Responsive Web Design |
new way of styling HTML pages proposed by Ethan Marcotte, which allows the adaptation to different display sizes, using fluid grid, flexible images, and CSS3 media queries |
| Sketch 1.0 |
vector graphics editor for MacOS by Bohemian Coding |
| Flat design / Windows Phone 7 |
Microsoft mobile device that explored the use of flat design, later used in the Windows 8 graphics interface |
| Instagram |
the social network is launched |
| pinterest |
the photography-based social network is launched |
| Google doodles |
first doodle for Pac-Man’s 30th birthday is launched |
| The Wilderness Downtown |
Arcade Fire interactive short film using HTML, Google Maps and Chrome browser, by Google/Within |
| Coke Zero Facial Profiler |
one of the first websites with Facebook connection and face recognition, by Winston Binch, by CP+B/Deutsch North America |
| Nespresso Variations |
graphic high production, by Soleil Noir/Linia Consulting |
| intotime.com |
simple, usually interactive experience that fills the browser window, by Rafaël Rozendaal |
2011 |
| Stylus 0.0.1 |
CSS preprocessor influenced by Sass and Less, by TJ Holowaychuk |
| Bootstrap 1 |
open source CSS framework to maintain the HTML/CSS and JavaScript code consistency, by Mark Otto and Jacob Thorton |
| Laravel |
open-source PHP web framework |
| WebGL |
JavaScript API for rendering interactive 2D and 3D graphics within any compatible web browser without plug-ins |
| Siri |
virtual assistant Apple OS |
| 5 Gum |
first website allowing 3D projection mapping, by North Kingdom |
| Greenpeace |
A New Warrior : original crowdfunding website to create a ship for Greenpeace, by 84.Paris |
| Edding Wall of Fame |
interactive live-drawing website, by Demodern |
| Image Objects |
sculptural works that existed between the physical object and the mediated digital image, by Artie Vierkant |
