Web Design. The Evolution of the Digital World 1990–Today

　　三十年來，科技發展日新月異，年年都是新時代的到來。從早期的桌上型電腦，到行動電話裝置，再到虛擬實境。網路如今與人們的日常生活形影不離，但它剛開始可不怎麼吸引人，介面也並非人性化好操作。究竟網路是如何一點一滴地改變，成為我們不可或缺的工具呢?

　　本書跟著時代的推進—依序介紹各個時期科技的進程，用圖表搭配解析。溯本追源，從最早的網頁音效、最早的游標與視窗、最早的翻頁特效、最早的串流影音、最早的社群網頁、史上第一個讓你上傳照片的網站。第一個滾軸網頁面。第一個手機上的網頁，好多的第一次，成就科技發展的脈絡。

　　累積超過200個網頁，引述介紹科技先賢的創意與用心。有FLASH的強納森(Jonathan Gay)。早期網頁先驅曼多薩(Gabo Mendoza)還有中村勇吾(Yugo Nakamura)，還有更多傳奇人物。超過21個章節，完整導覽1998年以來的網路發展。從當年度最火紅的網頁，與硬體設備，到職人體驗、操作系統的更新與科技的里程碑。看一代人，如何影響往後的網路發展。

　　作者羅伯(Rob Ford)是著名網頁設計獎(FWA)創辦人，從千禧年以來，不斷鼓勵網頁設計的創新與發展。作為業界先驅，他也在芝加哥論壇報與衛報及多樣的網頁相關雜誌，發表文章。

　　

The last three decades have marked an era of technological upheaval as frenetic and groundbreaking as there ever has been. From early desktop computers and mobile phones to virtual reality: the web is now virtually inseparable from all facets of human interaction and daily life. But it wasn’t always funny cat videos and sleek interfaces.

This collection is a visual journey through time, gathering the very earliest examples of what we today take for granted: the first website to use surround sound, the first drag-and-drop navigation, the first page-turn effect, the first website to use seamless video integration, the first viral site, the first parallax website, the first ’upload-your-face’ website, the first site to incorporate a mobile phone, the first ever YouTube-like ＂website＂, and many more.

It gathers more than 200 websites, and each comes with quotes and insights from the creators themselves--an invaluable peek into the minds of pioneers who paved the pixelized way for many to follow, including Jonathan Gay (Flash), Gabo Mendoza (Gabocorp), Yugo Nakamura (Yugop), Peter Van Den Wyngaert (NRG.BE), Joshua Davis (Praystation), and Eric Jordan (2Advanced).

This comprehensive visual history gathers 21 chapters that detail, for every year since 1998, the best websites and examples of hardware used at the time, and explore how user experience, usability, and technological milestones have influenced the development of the internet we use today. Year-by-year factsheets and smart Google insights orient the reader through major developments across such categories as world news headlines, highest grossing films, new soft and hardware, greatest website traffic, and many more.

For many, this collection will offer a virtual trip down nostalgia lane--but all generations will find a sweeping reference work as well as a celebration of how the earliest creative minds came to define the web, and eventually the world, as we know it.