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Periodical / Volume 01

The Early Years

From the first server to the browser wars. View each spread as an open magazine.

Cover / 09 spreads

Periodical Volume I cover with baked editorial typography.
The Web Is a Filing Problem magazine page with linked organizational notes and the first pull quote.
The Web Is a Filing Problem magazine page with a network of documents and the first pull quote.
First Server, First Page, First Browser magazine page with a NeXT workstation and early web body copy.
First Server, First Page, First Browser magazine page with the first web server pull quote.
Tags Before Templates magazine page with hand-written HTML and a rendered browser document.
Tags Before Templates magazine page with the HTML 2.0 pull quote.
Graphics Move In magazine page with GIF89a frames, timing, raster images, and a looping monitor.
Graphics Move In magazine page with the GIF89a pull quote and animation controls.
Tables Become Architecture magazine page with nested cells and an invisible page grid.
Tables Become Architecture magazine page with the HTML 3.2 pull quote.
A Badge, a Blink, a Brand magazine page with the BLINK tag and Best viewed in Netscape badge.
A Badge, a Blink, a Brand magazine page with the Netscape compatibility pull quote.
The Homepage as Performance magazine page with a personal homepage room, GIFs, guestbook, counters, and badges.
The Homepage as Performance magazine page with the visual-excess pull quote.
Mosaic to Netscape magazine page with Mosaic across X, PC Windows, and Macintosh platforms.
Mosaic to Netscape magazine page with the cross-platform Mosaic pull quote.
The Platform War magazine page with Netscape and Internet Explorer competing over web features.
The Platform War magazine page with the Internet Explorer 4.0 pull quote.

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