History and Evolution of HTML
HTML was created in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, to make it easier to create and share documents online. Let's look at its journey.
Key HTML Versions
- 1993:HTML 1.0 - The first official version with a limited set of tags for simple documents.
- 1995:HTML 2.0 - Added support for forms, improving interactivity on the web.
- 1999:HTML 4.01 - A major milestone that introduced support for CSS stylesheets and scripting.
- 2000:XHTML 1.0 - A stricter version of HTML based on XML, enforcing cleaner code.
- 2014:HTML5 - The current standard, adding powerful features like native audio/video support, graphics with canvas, and new semantic tags.