Memories! :-) I was a web developer in the 2000s and I can relate to all of these very accurately… Replace Frontpage 98 by Frontpage 2003 and there you go!
Only 90s web developers remember this (2014)
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#22I started my true web development arc in 1999 and used most of these techniques. There was a netizen of the time called “Dr Ozone” who was doing mind bending stuff on his site at the time. It’s still around at https://ozones.com/ it’s where I learned what JavaScript could do. The number of hacks used to deal with the DOM models until jquery was epic.
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#23That's the first time I've heard DHTML to mean "distributed HTML" — I always knew it to mean "dynamic HTML".
They have mistaken it with DCOM I believe.
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#24Flagging for clickbait title.
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#25Less we forget about What an amazing time. Felt like the wild west back then.
I was so happy to no longer need frames. Modern CSS with grid and flex have made feel like a horrible nightmare that I just can't quite shake. One that makes you turn on the lights in every room.
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#26- rounded corners with images
- searching for random Perl scripts to FTP into your cgi-bin folder
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#27Missing in that list: the amusing Javascript right-click disabling.
Fighting "right-clicker mentality" before NFTs were even a thing!
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#28The fun of DHTML menus and your Homestead website, complete with neon green hit counter and guest book.
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#29> Today we have abstractions on top of abstractions on top of JavaScript, of all things.
from one 90's web developer to another:
hypermedia 4eva
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#30Between flash and html5, there was a brief moment where DHTML games looked viable. I remember building something like a space invaders clone. Literally repositioning DOM divs each setInterval tick. There were a few full fledged experiments out there. The beauty is since its just DOM, they are playable forever if still hosted ;)
What could you do in Flash that cannot be done now in JS/CSS?
I don't understand this love for Flash that won't die. Yes, it did something usable well before JS/CSS caught up, but we're there now and well past what Flash brought us. Mainly, now things freakin searchable, and you no longer have to live in fear of what the next major vuln exposed by Flash would do to you.