Web UX Begins

Looking at the internet in 1995 is like looking back at awkward
grade school yearbooks—all the weirdness and flaws stand out in
stark contrast to what it’s grown into since. And web design took
awhile to become a career—but it got a big boost in 1995. When
the Batman Forever website launched to promote the movie, it
showed people what was possible on the web. And it forever
changed what we’d expect from a website. 


Jay Hoffmann describes the quirky designs of the early web.
Richard Vijgen explains how we went from a lack of conventions to
a homogenized web. Jeffrey Zeldman recounts building the Batman
Forever movie’s website—and sowing the seeds of professional web
design. Jessica Helfand outlines the process and joys of
designing a web page. And Kyle Drake shares how he founded
Neocities in an attempt to recreate some of that magic of the
early web.