Three major types of Web applications can be identified, as shown in Figure 14-13. The first type-Web pages-became prevalent in the mid- to late- 1990s. These pages weren't really applications. They were information docu ments with static text: Static images, and hyperlinks to navigate from page to page throughout the site. Their intent was to provide information and content via a hypertext type of document. Forms were also supported to enter informa- tion to be sent back to the site and captured by a program running on the server.