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Web Design Museum exhibits thousands of screens and videos of old websites, mobile apps and software from 1990s to mid-2000s.
In November 1995, Vermeer Technologies developed the FrontPage 1.0 editor for WYSIWYG web development.

In January 1996, Microsoft bought Vermeer and, in June, released an editor called Microsoft FrontPage 1.1

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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Does anybody remember this operating system?
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On November 16, 2004, Half-Life 2 was released.
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
H. R. Giger website in 1996 in Netscape Navigator 2.0

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November 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone in 2010
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In November 1999, Eric Jordan, Tony Novak, and John Carrol founded a digital creative agency called 2Advanced Studios.

The agency was renowned for its innovative, high-end design using Flash technology.

2Advanced Studios v3 flash website in 2001

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November 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Windows XP icons
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion.

YouTube website in 2006

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November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On 12 November 1990, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the WorldWideWeb project: Proposal for a HyperText Project.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In Feb 2004, Apple & Pepsi gave away 100M free songs via iTunes—codes under Pepsi caps let fans download any track for free.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
On November 11, 1993, students Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina from the University of Illinois programmed one of the first web browsers with a graphical interface – Mosaic 1.0.

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November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In November 1999, the Zombo dot com website was created as a parody of the creative, but, largely pointless flash intros, which were trending at the end of the 1990s. Welcome... to ZomboCom.

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November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On November 9, 2004, Mozilla Corporation released a multiplatform web browser, Firefox 1.0.

Firefox gained major popularity among users and exceeded 1 billion downloads between 2004 and 2009.

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November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On November 8, 2006, Windows Vista was released to manufacturing

Windows Vista website in 2007
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Digital Art Before the AI Era

Cubadust wallpapers in 2001
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
YouTube video player evolution 2005–2025

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November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ready to work as a web designer in 2002

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November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Grand Theft Auto Vice City website in 2002

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November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Windows 95 Screensaver – 3D Maze
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Windows Media Player Headspace Skin in Windows XP
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Sims website in 2000

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November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
YouTube Halloween homepage on October 31, 2007
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
RealOne Player in 2002
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
How it started in 1997
vs.
How it’s going in 2025

#InternetHistory
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Happy 34th Birthday HTML tags!

On October 29, 1991, the internet pioneer, Tim Berners-Lee, published a document entitled HTML Tags.

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October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM