Website Designing Facts You Did Not Know About

Web design is an exciting field; it inspires one's interest in how software may develop into major websites capable of handling large amounts of internet traffic, as well as what goes on behind the scenes. Let's have a look at some entertaining facts regarding web design for various software and websites. -

1. PHP

PHP was not supposed to be used as a programming language by Rasmus Lerdorf (co-author of PHP scripting). He created it to manage his personal websites. In 1997, PHP was released as an official language after much hard work and beta testing.

2. Block View Feature

According to a popular misconception, Amazon’s “Block View” was launched before Google’s “Street View”. Most people don’t know that Amazon launched a search engine, A9.com in 2004 which commenced the “Block View”, a very similar visual appeal from the “Yellow Pages”. A setup designed to connect local photographers with an attachment to Amazon in 2006. “Street View” wasn’t launched until 2007.

3. Chrome

When one is using a website on Google Chrome, it might tend to be different than it might seem on Mozilla Firefox from one’s device. The reason is that the two different browsers give a different rendering effect to the same website.

4. Photoshop

Photoshop was not supposed to be the actual name for the photo editing app. The co-founder, Thomas Knoll, wanted to name it “ImagePro”. But unfortunately, the name was taken for copyright so he ultimately selected the name, Photoshop; the company was later purchased by Adobe in September 1989 which went on to change every detail about Photoshop in no time. Today, the app has about ten million users worldwide.

5. Web Impression

According to research, 48% of people can judge a website's credibility in less than 10 seconds, which can be costly to a business. People usually stay on a website for 10 seconds, and if the website does not appeal to the audience ascetically, they will most likely leave the site before the ten seconds are over.