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Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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So, the world of ham radio is basically full of personal websites that all look like they came directly from 1998, many of which are routinely updated. You’ll have radio amateurs posting really sophisticated antenna and circuit designs on these lovely old webpages. A notable example is eQSL (eqsl.cc), which is one of the central sites for confirming on-air contacts; it definitely has that late-90s flair to it. The ou…

Isn't there some provision for low bandwidth data transfer in ham radio? Are the sites in that arena intentionally kept friendly to that kind of use?

You wouldn't access internet over ham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet exists, but you're not really supposed to send encrypted data over ham networks, so practical use is limited and you wouldn't be accessing those pages.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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post #58

Loaded quickly. Easy to navigate around. Responsive. Intuitive to the point of what is there even to figure out.

Not sure I'd call that "responsive". It's not responsive for me that I can tell.

Responsive means different things in common English and web jargon.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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post #45

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Oh my god, your professor’s site is amazing - those torches! There’s definitely something to be said about focusing on the goal of a site and knowing when a fancier presentation is actually necessary.

True, though it might be good to update the "Best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.0" bit :)

But what if it really does look better in Netscape 4.0?

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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What's interesting to me is that, in spite of the site having been online since 1998, the site has been updated long after that - on the same platform. There are new box sets from 2009 for sale, for instance. My naive assumption is that the site works well enough, and overhauling it or moving it to another platform (even a common one, that wouldn't require as much individual upkeep) just isn't worth it. I had a profe…

I have boots that were made to a design which hasn’t changed in 90 years, 50 year old books (but really book design goes back way longer)... lots of things which haven’t changed in decades, some centuries. Why should the interchange of information have to change in style as often as the clothing of fashion aficionados? Old styles have the benefit of being done in a time where you just couldn’t do as much so the purpo…

OK I’m not a fan of the ad riddled sites these days, but I think we remember a different 90s if you’re saying we were more focused on function than flare back then.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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post #4

What's interesting to me is that, in spite of the site having been online since 1998, the site has been updated long after that - on the same platform. There are new box sets from 2009 for sale, for instance. My naive assumption is that the site works well enough, and overhauling it or moving it to another platform (even a common one, that wouldn't require as much individual upkeep) just isn't worth it. I had a profe…

I have boots that were made to a design which hasn’t changed in 90 years, 50 year old books (but really book design goes back way longer)... lots of things which haven’t changed in decades, some centuries. Why should the interchange of information have to change in style as often as the clothing of fashion aficionados? Old styles have the benefit of being done in a time where you just couldn’t do as much so the purpo…

How many evolutions did the state of the art for bookbinding and typesetting go through before we ended up with the modern book?

UX and screen design are relatively new fields. I'm certain we'll eventually reach an equilibrium, based off a few decades of learnings and experience.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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post #55
post #4

What's interesting to me is that, in spite of the site having been online since 1998, the site has been updated long after that - on the same platform. There are new box sets from 2009 for sale, for instance. My naive assumption is that the site works well enough, and overhauling it or moving it to another platform (even a common one, that wouldn't require as much individual upkeep) just isn't worth it. I had a profe…

> the site has been updated long after that - on the same platform. There are new box sets from 2009 for sale, for instance. Look ma, no CSS! The Dr. Quinn Mega-Set released October 28, 2008. The Dr. Quinn Slimline set released October 20, 2009.

That's still cutting edge in the world of email formatting.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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I miss seeing really responsive and performant websites. I feel like browsing the web nowadays no matter what I end up downloading huge tracking bundles and running a ton of javascript.

Even with the giant bundles of BS/JS downloaded, modern websites still load faster than they did in the 90s on my 56k modem.

The Dr. Quinn website takes 6 seconds to DOMContentLoaded on a 56k connection. The CNN website (my goto for bloated webpages) takes only 1 second on my "high speed" 40 Mb/s connection.

As for responsive. A lot old websites were built specifically for 800x600 displays, and look janky or are a tiny square in the corner on larger resolutions.

Re: Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

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post #9

1. Ah, “web ring” links. Now there is some nostalgia. I mean, I was more about the DBZ than the DrQ, but still, memories. 2. 159.8 KB, if I’m reading the inspector in Safari correctly. Nostalgia of a different sort.

:D Did you make a geocities DBZ website by stealing photos off dragonballz.com too?
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