Week 2

My first lesson was in week 2.
It was a surprise to learn that i would be keeping a blog which I would have to write in each week. So as most, i was happy in the sense that i could finally put my views across about anything freely.
But, the more i thought about having my views widely available for everyone to read and possibly argue with, the more daunting it became.
Deep down though everyone wants to be heard, right? So blogging is definitely the way.
Well here it goes anway.

On Monday 15th October '07, i was taught about HTML, how to use it and about the codes and tags it contains and its purpose. I learnt how HTML is a text work and how it is actually the browser that does the work.
I also learnt how the tags are always in pairs and what some of them stand for, and how to insert links and images too.
<> This symbol is to open and close a text etc.

The most interesting part was to see how a HTML code works from a minor programme such as Notepad. This surely taught me what i used to think of as another language, the simplicity of HTML.

It was also intriguing to find out about Marc Andreessen, a software engineer who was the first to create "Netscape", the first web browser to be widely available.
Although, there was much competition with "Microsoft", as "Netscape" was an open source software which meant it was freely available.
So, Bill Gates took advantage of this and created HTML codes/tags that could only be read by Internet Explorer.
Up until now, as most would agree, Internet Explorer proves to be most popular.