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Re: Web Design Museum

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Post by jszymborski » Fri, Aug 30, 2024, 8:32 PM UTC

When I was a kid, I wanted nothing more than make websites and be a web designer.

It makes me so happy to see some of the websites that deeply inspired me:

- 2Advanced Studios: had an incredible flash banner. https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/2advanced-studios-v3...

- Media Temple: This is not the version I remember but (MT) always had the best designed website in hosting https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/media-temple-2002

- Absolute Cross: Super cool 3D-rendered interface https://web.archive.org/web/20050213040034/http://www.absolu...

- Spoono: King of the super tiny silk pixel font trend of the time imho. Always remembered their multiple colour schemes which I thought was so rad. Tonnes of knowledge on this site too. https://web.archive.org/web/20050209034013/http://www.spoono...

- GUIStuff: Some of the raddest templates, deeply inspired me https://web.archive.org/web/20050209033810/http://www.guistu...

Honourable mention to the GFXVoid Forums where I mostly lurked and https://javascriptfx.com/ for the coolest Javascript snippets of all time.

Re: Web Design Museum

#42

Post by tarellel » Sat, Aug 31, 2024, 5:46 AM UTC

jszymborski wrote: post #41

When I was a kid, I wanted nothing more than make websites and be a web designer. It makes me so happy to see some of the websites that deeply inspired me: - 2Advanced Studios: had an incredible flash banner. https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery/2advanced-studios-v3... - Media Temple: This is not the version I remember but (MT) always had the best designed website in hosting https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/gallery…

These were my absolute favorite sites that got me through me teens while I was learning and improving my skills. The development/design community really came together to help everyone grow.

Re: Web Design Museum

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Post by johnisgood » Sun, Sep 01, 2024, 12:46 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #17

raytopia wrote: post #12

Mid 90s sites have a nice look to them. Honestly in some ways they're easier to read then a lot of websites of today. Is there a reason why designers moved away from that - I'm not sure what to call it - magazine look?

Is there a reason why designers moved away from that - I'm not sure what to call it - magazine look? A lot of it is monkey-see-monkey-do. And realted, the widespread use of common frameworks instead of people actually understanding how web sites work and doing their own programming. I build a web site for a hospital that was fast and responsive and accessible. A manager complained that it didn't look like a "real" we…

> I build a web site for a hospital that was fast and responsive and accessible. A manager complained that it didn't look like a "real" web site because the pages loaded instantly. She wanted me to put in a mechanism so that every time someone clicked on a link a loading spinner would appear for a few seconds before the next page loaded. Because that's what "real" web sites do.

Oh my god, that is awful and ridiculous.