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Re: Make front end shit again

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Post by reaperducer »

tombert wrote: post #25

I agree with the sentiment of this site. I have an nginx proxy set up for personal stuff, and the home page was done in an homage to GeoCities: https://brucewillis.sexy/ Eventually I will get midi music playing correctly with mouse-tails.

Needs more dancing hamsters.

Re: Make front end shit again

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Post by AriaMinaei »

Web pages used to be amazingly creative, with terrible usability. Now they're the exact opposite. Usability is good, but they all look the same.

I wonder what social sciences have to say about this. About public opinion swinging from one extreme to the other, never seeming to be able to land on the sane middle.

Re: Make front end shit again

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Post by daemonk »

I think there is a function to "boring" website design. For the purpose of communication, it is great that we have a common dialogue, as boring as that may be.

People recognize buttons, textboxes, tabs, etc and knows how to use them. There are certain expectations of where certain elements would be on a site and that allows us to navigate quicker.

There should also be people who are pushing the boundaries of what design can look like, but I don't think that necessarily needs to be a majority.

Re: Make front end shit again

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Post by wutbrodo »

madeofpalk wrote: post #43

> We used to make websites because it was fun and at a point we lost the way I know this is just some little tongue in cheek joke, but I can't help but vehemently disagree with this. Never did we only make websites just "because it was fun" any more or less than we do now.

I'm not sure that's true. The internet has largely shifted away from using customizable www sites for personal expression in the way people used to. Much of this activity has now moved to Facebook et al.

Re: Make front end shit again

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Post by scyclow »

aeontech wrote: post #47
scyclow wrote: post #9

Oh man, I love stuff like this. It's too bad that the web has been taken over by bootstrap, WordPress, and squarspace. But you can do a lot with raw html, css, and JavaScript! And as a bonus, it ends up looking really unique. It's sort of weird that whenever I show friends the dumb shit I make [1], their immediate reaction is lump it in with geocities. [1] ex. http://fastcashmoneyplus.biz

That is just beautiful :)

Thanks! This one's my pride and joy
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