posted in Asklemmy
What are some 90s website tropes?
Working on a website for my sister. I got some grainy gifs and a visitor counter. What else?
Replying to @wuphysics87@lemmy.ml
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Replying to @RedSnt@feddit.dk
YESS frames
Replying to @onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world
I do miss the simplicity of frames, but I totally get why <div> + CSS replaced it.
Replying to @RedSnt@feddit.dk
Not knowing much about web design, is it just for more flexibility?
Replying to @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
I can’t say for sure what the real reason was, but it was rather limiting. There’s a reason why any website that wanted to look even a little bit different used flash, it was just easier to work with back then.
Replying to @RedSnt@feddit.dk
Hmm, okay.
Too much freedom to look however you want has been a bad thing, that can be said for sure. You let a random servers render whatever they want to the user, and you get the cancerous slop-clickbait sites that are everywhere now.