[LINK] Australian Web history

[Roger Clarke]

At 10:39 +1000 11/8/09, Stilgherrian wrote:
>On 11/08/2009, at 8:48 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>  Is it just another cute razzle-dazzle, or is there some useful
>>  information in there?
>
>It's an interactive data visualisation showing changes over time
>(2001+) in traffic (visits, time per visit etc, from Nielsen data) to
>various websites.
>
>I suppose we could get someone to write it all out as a table of
>numbers for you, on parchment in roman numerals? It wouldn't be quite
>the same, though, and it'd be harder to see the relationships.

Stil, I'm always happy to accept criticisms of being a 
traditionalist, resistant to change, a curmudgeon, a die-hard 
sceptic, etc.

But my point here is that a history of the Web should logically use 
the protocols and standards that *are* the Web, and not depend on 
proprietary add-ons and thereby block access to a significant 
proportion of users.

There are plenty of standards-based ways to convey the data, in 
tabular form, in graphical form, and even in animated graphical form; 
and there have been for many, many Web-years.


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