Web navigation
Web navigation came about with the introduction of the World Wide Web, in 1989 when Timothy Berners-Lee invented it. Once the world wide web was available, web navigation increasingly became a major aspect and role in jobs and everyday lives. With one-third of the world’s population now using the internet, web navigation maintains a global use in today's ever evolving international society. Web navigation is not restricted to just computers, either, as mobile phones and tablets have added avenues for access to the ever-growing information on the web today. The most recent wave of technology which has affected web navigation is the introduction and growth of the smartphone. As of January 2014, 58% of American adults owned a smart phone, and that number is on the rise from previous years. Web navigation has evolved from a restricted action, to something that many people across the world now do on a daily basis.
Doctor Fun
"Doctor Fun" may have been the first popular episodic World Wide Web comic. It was preceded by "Witches and Stitches" which was distributed via CompuServe in 1985, and "Where the Buffalo Roam" which was distributed via Usenet in 1991. "Dr. Fun"'s appearance on the World Wide Web was noted by the NCSA, creator of the Mosaic web browser, as "a major breakthrough for the Web" in 1993. Farley started uploading "Doctor Fun" while working as a computer technician for the library system at the University of Chicago. At the time, Farley would do the pages of his webcomic "in batches", though it took about an evening to finish each color cartoon.