The 'WayBackMachine' clearly demonstrated the evolution of the World Wide Web (WWW). The oldest Domino's Pizza website I could find was from 1996. The website was static with simple animated GIF and hypertexts. There was no search option, online order or enquiry options. In fact they did not even have email address listed on the home page 1999. This may be caused by the insecurity of the World Wide Web at that time.
In 2000, Domono's Pizza website got its first interactive search function. The visitors can now find shop locations using ZIP Codes. In 2003 Domono's Pizza updated their homepage to include Flash animation. I believe Flash has contributed to the visual popularity of the web evolution during the past decade.
Now in 2011, Domono's Pizza website is equiped with interactive flash animations, twitter, facebook and back-end programmes to allow blogs, search, online orders and tracking functions.
So where would the WWW go from here? I believe the next trend in web technology would be using Augmented Reality. No matter how much the web evolves, all it does is replace human interaction with digital. Maybe one day no one will need to step outside their homes to do anything :|
At my work, it is so technology driven that I was given the privilege to work from home every now and then.
Johnny Ko
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