Web projects in chronological order showing how web design has changed in the last twenty years:
Comments on how the level of sophistication and the forms of digital projects have changed in the last twenty years:
To figure out the chronological order, I used the copyright dates, the doc type, or other signs indicating the age of the website. For example, the use of frames and flash gave me an idea of the age. Frames were discontinued a few years ago, and flash is in the process of being replaced by HTML 5. To figure this out, I have some experience coding websites, so I looked "under the hood" for more information about each website. In addition, the "look" of the website gave me an idea of its age. This was more of a intuitive sense rather than something concrete.
To figure out the chronological order, I used the copyright dates, the doc type, or other signs indicating the age of the website. For example, the use of frames and flash gave me an idea of the age. Frames were discontinued a few years ago, and flash is in the process of being replaced by HTML 5. To figure this out, I have some experience coding websites, so I looked "under the hood" for more information about each website. In addition, the "look" of the website gave me an idea of its age. This was more of a intuitive sense rather than something concrete.
My suggestions for additional historical websites:
A good addition to this list is the Presidential History Blog. The blog is a collection of articles by Feather Schwartz Foster, an independent writer of Presidential and First Ladies history. This blog has many stores related to the lives of the presidents, first ladies, and first children.
The Central Rappahannock Regional Library History Blog is another good addition. The library is located in Fredericksburg, which now a days with a little stretch can be considered "Northern Virginia." This blog has many articles on Fredericksburg history, which connect to many historic events in the rest of Northern Virginia. One that I thought was interesting was about Thomas Armat who was an Inventor of the Motion Picture Projector.
Correct that you can't just look at a site copyright date, and thankfully frames and flash should be finally disappearing soon. Both Oyez and American Memory are early websites, about the same time as Avalon Project, but they have been updated a bit more.
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