The 88x31 GIF Collection • Hacker News Board

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#81

Post by squiggleblaz » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:42 PM UTC

When I see Linux advocacy from those days it's so amusing to me in retrospect: In this case, Linux 2.0 now, with Tux dropping onto an old Windows 95 style logo. I remember GNU/Linux advocacy in that era as based around free software ideas, but when I look back at that time, there was actually a lot of ironic(?) superiority.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#82

Post by squiggleblaz » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:43 PM UTC

pak wrote: post #65

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.

You'd probably enjoy this collage of GeoCities vibes: https://www.cameronsworld.net/

Unlike Geocities, that site is a masterful work of design! (And the wayback machine links are broken today due to a planned power outage.)

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#83

Post by FridayoLeary » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:48 PM UTC

If anyone is planning on using any of those GIFs on their websites i have a request: don't. They are extremely annoying and distracting when i'm trying to read and they give me a headache. I'm not sure why any websites use GIFs. But very impressive collection nonetheless.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#84

Post by nixass » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

Flashback to dial up era. Love it.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#85

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:00 PM UTC

pcan77 wrote: post #4

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

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Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#86

Post by jordemort » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:06 PM UTC

Some of these seem anachronistic; for example, there are couple for (and one against!) Discord. According to Wikipedia, Discord was released in 2015, which seems long after peak 88x31 GIF.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#87

Post by squiggleblaz » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:33 PM UTC

tomcooks wrote: post #61

So many questions about that "Anti code and run" http://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/anticodeandrun2.gif

Why? Do you like writing code that causes your computer to explode and catch fire so you have to run away from it?

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#88

Post by ziml77 » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:39 PM UTC

Weirdly the AdGuard Tracking Protection filter has a cosmetic rule that is blocking the images.

If I'm understanding the syntax correctly it seems to be this one.

    ~underverse.su,~underver.se,~minu.stv.ee,~sota.com,~7kingdoms.ru,~epicl2.com,~forum.ixbt.com,~forum.themega.ru,~gamepedia.com,~makeserver.ru,~mozhor.ru,~onliner.by,~wiktionary.org,~yandex.by,~yandex.com,~yandex.com.tr,~yandex.ru,~yandex.ua##img[width="88"][height="31"]

The comment says the intent is to hide hit counters.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#89

Post by rvz » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:40 PM UTC

Another collection waiting to be sold as an NFT soon.

Re: The 88x31 GIF Collection

#90

Post by roland35 » Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 10:48 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.

Can't forget albino black sheep and homestar runner!