'World Wide Web' ≠ 'Internet'
- The Internet is the global network of computers using TCP/IP
- POP, SMTP (Email)
- HTTP (Web)
- FTP
- more....
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Background: CSS to the Rescue
Need for fix was recognized at W3C
- 1995: Work on CSS started
- 1996 CSS 1 becomes Full Recommendation (same as HTML)
- Languished: unsupported by browsers, unknown by many web professionals
- 1998 CSS 2 defined and recommended
- Web Designers and Developers are starting to pay attention
- Browsers are starting to think about paying attention
- Browsers start supporting it
- Version 4 browsers took a stab at it
- IE 5 was decent (in comparison)
- IE 5.5 and 6 - better yet
- Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, Safari all start doing it right
- IE 7 catches up some
- Awareness of power and usefulness starts to make us pay attention, demand better
- Tools makers see the market and start adding support
- Dreamweaver - early popular program with decent support
- 2004: CSS 2.1 is authored, essentially revising 2.0 to reflect the state of the market.
- Today (2007 for any people of the future)
- Quite well supported by 'Grade A' browsers (Yahoo definition)
- Pure CSS layouts becoming common
- Promise is being fulfilled...