Jeremy Keith
The State Of The Web
#1about 6 minutes
Gaining perspective from the Apollo 8 Earthrise photograph
The 1968 Apollo 8 mission's Earthrise photo provided a powerful sense of perspective that can be applied to understanding the web.
#2about 4 minutes
The origins of the web from hypertext and the internet
The World Wide Web was created by combining the concept of hypertext, envisioned by Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson, with the infrastructure of the internet.
#3about 6 minutes
The evolution of color and typography on the web
Web design capabilities grew from limited web-safe colors and system fonts to modern color spaces and powerful variable fonts.
#4about 5 minutes
How media evolved from bitmap images to native video
The web progressed from simple bitmap images to vector graphics with SVG and native audio and video elements, often following innovations pioneered by Flash.
#5about 5 minutes
The long journey to modern CSS layout and responsive design
Web layout moved from hacks like tables and floats to a mature system of responsive design powered by Flexbox and CSS Grid.
#6about 5 minutes
JavaScript's journey from browser wars to native APIs
JavaScript evolved from incompatible DHTML implementations to a standardized language where libraries like jQuery paved the way for powerful native browser APIs.
#7about 4 minutes
The web's biggest challenges are now non-technical
The primary problems on the web today are not technological limitations but user-hostile business models like behavioral advertising and invasive tracking.
#8about 5 minutes
Prioritizing user needs over developer convenience
Adopting complex architectures like single-page apps often prioritizes developer convenience over user experience, leading to poor performance and unnecessary complexity.
#9about 3 minutes
A call to action to defend and improve the web
Developers have a collective responsibility to defend the web by building fast, accessible, and respectful experiences that change user expectations for the better.
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