▲ 740 ▼ Websites: Then vs Now (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 80 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) Reeeeeaalllllllyyyy putting on the rose tinted goggles, here... permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (4 children) Yeah that's not how I remember the early Internet. More like gifs everywhere, wild colours, you have to have that fancy html marquee! And terrible layouts, because aligning divs is difficult. Good times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't forget autoplay video and music permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Landing pages, too. Often with a corny Shockwave animation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Those mouse cursor tracers lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago Why deal with float when you can use a table? permalink fedilink source parent [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) divs were added in the late 90's.... that is not what I'd call early internet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it may be subjective, but Internet was open to public in '93, and divs were specced in '97. It was more of a joke anyway. The layouts were often tables long after divs if I'm not mistaken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, definitely subjective, but to me the early days of the web were before HTML 2 - so up to 1995. And yeah, so many tables for a long time... Mostly because it was a bit messy to work with and had limitations, not to mention browser support requirements and a pretty fast moving sets of specs... It was fun though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I remember clicking on a website and getting ABSOLUTELY BOMBSRDED WITH NEVERENDING POPUPS OF HARDCORE PORN PICS AND SOUND and my parents were behind me, and you just panic reboot the computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I was searching around the Internet... Mom- Mom! I was-" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's funny because I definitely remember this happening while using Netscape Navigator to access our Prodigy-peovided internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago (4 children) Yeah that's not how I remember the early Internet. More like gifs everywhere, wild colours, you have to have that fancy html marquee! And terrible layouts, because aligning divs is difficult. Good times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't forget autoplay video and music permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Landing pages, too. Often with a corny Shockwave animation. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Those mouse cursor tracers lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago Why deal with float when you can use a table? permalink fedilink source parent [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) divs were added in the late 90's.... that is not what I'd call early internet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it may be subjective, but Internet was open to public in '93, and divs were specced in '97. It was more of a joke anyway. The layouts were often tables long after divs if I'm not mistaken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, definitely subjective, but to me the early days of the web were before HTML 2 - so up to 1995. And yeah, so many tables for a long time... Mostly because it was a bit messy to work with and had limitations, not to mention browser support requirements and a pretty fast moving sets of specs... It was fun though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) don't forget autoplay video and music permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Landing pages, too. Often with a corny Shockwave animation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago Landing pages, too. Often with a corny Shockwave animation. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hammocks4All@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago Those mouse cursor tracers lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago Why deal with float when you can use a table? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) divs were added in the late 90's.... that is not what I'd call early internet permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it may be subjective, but Internet was open to public in '93, and divs were specced in '97. It was more of a joke anyway. The layouts were often tables long after divs if I'm not mistaken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, definitely subjective, but to me the early days of the web were before HTML 2 - so up to 1995. And yeah, so many tables for a long time... Mostly because it was a bit messy to work with and had limitations, not to mention browser support requirements and a pretty fast moving sets of specs... It was fun though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it may be subjective, but Internet was open to public in '93, and divs were specced in '97. It was more of a joke anyway. The layouts were often tables long after divs if I'm not mistaken permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, definitely subjective, but to me the early days of the web were before HTML 2 - so up to 1995. And yeah, so many tables for a long time... Mostly because it was a bit messy to work with and had limitations, not to mention browser support requirements and a pretty fast moving sets of specs... It was fun though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago Yeah, definitely subjective, but to me the early days of the web were before HTML 2 - so up to 1995. And yeah, so many tables for a long time... Mostly because it was a bit messy to work with and had limitations, not to mention browser support requirements and a pretty fast moving sets of specs... It was fun though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) I remember clicking on a website and getting ABSOLUTELY BOMBSRDED WITH NEVERENDING POPUPS OF HARDCORE PORN PICS AND SOUND and my parents were behind me, and you just panic reboot the computer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I was searching around the Internet... Mom- Mom! I was-" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's funny because I definitely remember this happening while using Netscape Navigator to access our Prodigy-peovided internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) "I was searching around the Internet... Mom- Mom! I was-" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's funny because I definitely remember this happening while using Netscape Navigator to access our Prodigy-peovided internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's funny because I definitely remember this happening while using Netscape Navigator to access our Prodigy-peovided internet. permalink fedilink source parent
