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Re: Evolution of the Web

#11
When looking at the screenshot slides, clicking on the top right corner of the image (near where the 'x' is in most of the screenshots) actually closes the slideshow. This is a nice little usability detail.

Re: Evolution of the Web

#14
post #3

Looks pretty but isn't very practical. E.g. why is the 'webfonts' label way off the screen from the point it is first implemented? How do I see what features were implemented in a particular browser version? Why is there a massive text banner in front of the screen shots of different browser versions?

What I'm wondering is what the vertical axis is intended to represent.

It is a confusing visualization.

I think it's supposed to trace a line between the first implementation of each feature in each browser. Where the colored lines intersect a dot, that's where the feature was implemented. The rest is just flair.

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