Thanks for reminding me how cool my geocities pages were. Flat UI meh. I got the hammer with baloon pants bringing life to my page!
Geocities Bootstrap Theme
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Re: Geocities Bootstrap Theme
#52I'm 17; was the internet ever actually this bad? That spinning "HOT" gif next to "Buttons" is giving me cancer.
When I was 15 or so I made this mess:
http://web.archive.org/web/19991022005707/http://members.aol...
It's a shame that half the ugliness goes away since images aren't all cached. You also have to view it on a 800x600 display for the real experience.
Re: Geocities Bootstrap Theme
#53I love this so much. Really brings me back to a simpler more colorgasmic/motiontastic time.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
The 90s were truly the golden age of the internet.
this. There was so much more excitement all around. The technology was arcane compared to what's possible today, but most of the bad stuff was missing. People were looking for ways to use, not abuse the internet. There were barely any lawyers, marketers or managers who felt the need to interfere. Things were driven by sysadmins and their curiosity, just governed by gentlemen's agreements and common sense. You could g…
Absolutely. It was so....innocent.
I remember discussing scientific stuff, Harry Potter, and the new online games with people on Yahoo chatrooms and IRC.
I took a look at Yahoo chatrooms some time recently (well, in the last five years anyway.) It was horrible; spambots all over the place trying to get you to click on links. I suppose all the real people moved to Facething.
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#55Lots of people say they love this.
Has anyone done the HN redesign yet? There seem to be plenty of choices for voting arrows. (http://netanimations.net/arrows.htm#.UWHUTKLrwcA)
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#56This brings back so many memories
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#58Can you make the dropdown menu crash my netscape as it tries to load an applet?
Oh, and add a webring link too!
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#59Is it just me or does the background lead to a 3D effect? Most visible effect here - http://divshot.github.io/geo-bootstrap/#buttons
It sure does. And, dare I say it, I would like to see someone experiment with it on a modern design. Or maybe I played to much with my 3DS today and should go lie down.
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#60Reminds me of the good ol' days when JavaScript was just used for annoying cursor effects and the like.
Don't forget it was also used to prevent right clicks.