Web 1.0

Over the past couple of weeks we have been reading about the internet, how it started, all of its growing uses, and how it is a new communication medium. For today I examined web production and the internet as a new media, this was really interesting to me. In the article by Jason Whitaker The Internet: The Basics (chapter 3) he speaks about the convergence of analog to digital formatting and how to use some of the basic tools to set up a well designed web page. In The internet: The Basics (chapter 3) Whitaker states the improvements and new uses of existing web technologies such as, audio and video, digital photography or digital imaging, text and hypertext, and web radio and webcasting. Over a short period of time many of these tools have progressed into new form of technology. With these new advancements we are now able to put some of these technologies together to make an interactive functioning webpage. In The Internet: The Basics (chapter 3) Whitaker speaks out on the new age style of web design. He states that now a day it is not only a matter of function but look and experience as well. For web designers today they have to deal with the not only the fundamentals of HTML (hypertext markup language) but the complex as well says Whitaker. Also the problem of layout and content is now introduced in this new age of growing technologies.

While trying to understand this reading I learned many new and applicable functions in web design. The reading by Jason Whitaker shows how to successfully create and layout a web page. It was fascinating to me to learn about the dynamics of web design from a web 1.0 stand point. After reading The Internet: The Basics (chapter 3) Whitaker explains to me how even the basics in web design are not easy. The creation of a well designed web page depends on your skill and effort put in. After reading about Whitaker’s techniques I am eager and nervous about creating my own exciting functional web page.