The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by kaeruct » Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 8:57 AM UTC

The 88x31 GIF Collection
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Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by junon » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

This takes me back to the days of forum signatures, planetrenders.com, pixel fonts with 1px strokes, making emoticons (not emojis) on deviantArt, BBCode and making long-winded posts on VBulletin/PhpBB boards with the top three posts "reserved for later use".

Man I wish I could go back.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by cmg » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 4:58 PM UTC

Fair warning: Page 1 transfers about 8.3MB with 1,000+ HTTP requests. And will likely bring back memories of the 90s.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by pcan77 » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:07 PM UTC

I miss this version of the internet :( Everything is so boring now.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by eat_veggies » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

It's so wonderful seeing the images slowly pop into existence like that!

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by duskwuff » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

Wow, that is quite the variety of banners. Everything from (unironic) "Netscape Now" animations and RealPlayer banners to Discord and Mastodon promos.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by fhw8234 » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

Nice

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by bbrks » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:20 PM UTC

For those who may be wondering why 88x31px?

https://www.quora.com/How-did-the-odd-size-of-88x31-become-a...

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by bluedino » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:21 PM UTC

junon wrote: post #2

This takes me back to the days of forum signatures, planetrenders.com, pixel fonts with 1px strokes, making emoticons ( not emojis) on deviantArt, BBCode and making long-winded posts on VBulletin/PhpBB boards with the top three posts "reserved for later use". Man I wish I could go back.

"Under Construction" images, rotating skull and fire GIFs...

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

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Post by treesknees » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 5:23 PM UTC

I still have a collection of these 88x31 GIFs from my own websites back in the day. I never ran anything worth sharing with anyone else nowadays but it was pretty fun as a kid trying to build up services and hosting. There was a whole network of people trading "affiliate" banners, linking back and forth to each other's websites. Good times!