DotCom Design by Megan Sapnar Ankerson PAPERBACK 9781479892907

Dot-Com DesignThe Rise of a Usable, Social, Commercial Web\nAuthor(s): Megan Sapnar Ankerson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9781479892907, 978-1479892907\nSynopsis\nFrom dial-up to wi-fi, an engaging cultural history of the commercial web industry\n In the 1990s, the World Wide Web helped transform the Internet from the domain of computer scientists to a playground for mass audiences. As URLs leapt off computer screens and onto cereal boxes, billboards, and film trailers, the web changed the way many Americans experienced media, socialized, and interacted with brands. Businesses rushed online to set up corporate \""home pages\"" and as a result, a new cultural industry was born: web design. For today's internet users who are more familiar sharing social media posts than collecting hotlists of cool sites, the early web may seem primitive, clunky, and graphically inferior. After the dot-com bubble burs.