Future Blues – Emily's Cowboy Bebop Page (1999) • Hacker News Board

Re: Future Blues – Emily's Cowboy Bebop Page (1999)

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Post by dusted » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 8:25 AM UTC

neilv wrote: post #76

I couldn't wait to see a guestbook again... > Error The administrators or owner of this guestbook are not allowed to link the guestbook via HTTPS (SSL) unless they have a premium account. [...] NOTE: If you are still seeing this message after clicking the link above, then you are using a non-default setting or plugin that is causing HTTP links to be upgraded to HTTPS. This is not a standard way of surfing the web. Pl…

I hate it when my browser ignores the protocol part of a link. Then again, gopher and ftp have already become broken in firefox, I guess it's only a matter of time before it's entirely unusable.

Re: Future Blues – Emily's Cowboy Bebop Page (1999)

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Post by donkeybeer » Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 12:56 PM UTC

marginalia_nu wrote: post #75

jasoneckert wrote: post #4

Aside from the Cowboy Bebop nostalgia hit, this site is a great example of how clear, creative, and fun sites were in the late 1990s. While I struggle to identify the many reasons why I think sites looked better back then, I think being simple and content focused are two of them.

Responsive websites pretty much killed this type of aesthetic. It would be an absolute nightmare to get this sort of design to work well while supporting mobile. It's a real pity, because the hybrid designs we get now all looks like a bunch of uninspired rectangles.