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Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by flir »

conradfr wrote: post #10

> To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. Not true anymore (edit: didn't see the 2014) but the productivity cost of not being able to just "vertical-align: middle;" inside divs for the last 30 years must be billions of dollars. Also does anyone remember the fade of the overline style on :hover links? It must has been around the IE4 or IE6 era. Tables were also used to make divs and buttons with…

> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells...

Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you? I remember a print designer on my first job feeding what was, essentially, a full-bleed leaflet design through it, and producing a "landing page" with hundreds of table cells.

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by EasyMark »

jasode wrote: post #110

>1x1.gif let you push elements all around the page effortlessly. To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. HN was launched February 2007 and uses and 1x1 gif to set the indentation level of comments. The 1x1 s.gif is also used on the front page of stories at the bottom of the page to add spacing above the orange divider line:

If it ain't broke!

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by function_seven »

flir wrote: post #151
conradfr wrote: post #10

> To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. Not true anymore (edit: didn't see the 2014) but the productivity cost of not being able to just "vertical-align: middle;" inside divs for the last 30 years must be billions of dollars. Also does anyone remember the fade of the overline style on :hover links? It must has been around the IE4 or IE6 era. Tables were also used to make divs and buttons with…

> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells... Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you? I remember a print designer on my first job feeding what was, essentially, a full-bleed leaflet design through it, and producing a "landing page" with hundreds of table cells.

Macromedia Fireworks?

I think that’s what you’re remembering.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Fireworks

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by whizzter »

flir wrote: post #151
conradfr wrote: post #10

> To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. Not true anymore (edit: didn't see the 2014) but the productivity cost of not being able to just "vertical-align: middle;" inside divs for the last 30 years must be billions of dollars. Also does anyone remember the fade of the overline style on :hover links? It must has been around the IE4 or IE6 era. Tables were also used to make divs and buttons with…

> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells... Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you? I remember a print designer on my first job feeding what was, essentially, a full-bleed leaflet design through it, and producing a "landing page" with hundreds of table cells.

Adobe Imageready , was capable of visually making image-maps (you added links to sections of an image) and also had tools to create Gif animations (later embedded into Photoshop proper).

A page I have for one community project still uses those Imageready generated maps :)

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by spacecadet »

conradfr wrote: post #10

> To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. Not true anymore (edit: didn't see the 2014) but the productivity cost of not being able to just "vertical-align: middle;" inside divs for the last 30 years must be billions of dollars. Also does anyone remember the fade of the overline style on :hover links? It must has been around the IE4 or IE6 era. Tables were also used to make divs and buttons with…

oooh god please no photoshop splices. PTSD.

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by i_like_robots »

q7xvh97o2pDhNrh wrote: post #85

Speaking of the greatness of the 90s, does anyone have a good version of the classic "Under Construction" GIF? You know the one — it was in the style of a yellow road sign, and on it was a pixelated silhouette of a construction worker diligently shoveling. Long before Gmail had the smug audacity to leave "Beta" on their product name, you could use this GIF (or even a whole row of them!) to proudly announce to the wor…

Take a look on https://gifcities.org/ - I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for!

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by spacecadet »

Vespasian wrote: post #113
conradfr wrote: post #10

> To this day it is the only way to vertically center elements. Not true anymore (edit: didn't see the 2014) but the productivity cost of not being able to just "vertical-align: middle;" inside divs for the last 30 years must be billions of dollars. Also does anyone remember the fade of the overline style on :hover links? It must has been around the IE4 or IE6 era. Tables were also used to make divs and buttons with…

(2014) so while "technically" flex was available at the time it wasn't really widespread yet.

The place I was at in 2014 started replacing code with flex around 2014 and it was welcomed!

Re: Only 90s Web Developers Remember This (2014)

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Post by [deleted] »

function_seven wrote: post #154
flir wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The agony of designing and splicing them in Photoshop and putting them in table cells... Wasn't there a Photoshop-adjacent tool that did the slicing for you? I remember a print designer on my first job feeding what was, essentially, a full-bleed leaflet design through it, and producing a "landing page" with hundreds of table cells.

Macromedia Fireworks? I think that’s what you’re remembering. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Fireworks

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