February 25, 1993 - Marc Andreessen Pitches the IMG Tag
Mark Pilgrim has posted an intriguing look back at the birth of the <IMG> HTML tag…
On February 25, 1993, Marc Andreessen wrote:
I’d like to propose a new, optional HTML tag:
IMG
Required argument is SRC=”url”.
…
An example is:
<IMG SRC=”file://foobar.com/foo/bar/blargh.xbm”>
(There is no closing tag; this is just a standalone tag.)
It’s fascinating to revisit the ensuing conversation between Marc [...]