PWAs: Past, Present, Future

September 5, 2024

The first working draft of HTML5⁠, then known as Web Applications 1.0, was released on September 1, 2005.

For context, that’s almost 18 months before the first iPhone was released, over 3 years before Android was released, and over 4 years before the terms Mobile First⁠and Responsive Web Design⁠ were coined.

Source: PWAs: Past, Present, Future | ChromeOS.dev

A detailed history of web app development (and a look at the future).