> Our goal is bring you the absolute goodly in really not-awful web sight design! We are setting out to NOT BREAK every single design rule imaginable! HOWEVER - BIG DISCLAIMER - we can't bring back ALL the awesome design stuff from the mid 90s - stuff that's FOR BREAUTIFUL GREAT DESIGN - because we have to basic, fundamental stuff right in order for this interweb to WORK CORRECTLY. Know what I mean?
I must be reading this differently to you, to me this is ready as heavy snark to the "Geocities was the best" crowd. Maybe I'm reading too much into it
Hardly. This website actually shows text and images. A web application written in JS with non-HTML HTML web components doesn't show anything at all. You're lucky to get blank gray placeholders.
I wouldn't say it's the worst, it's pretty snappy, and have a low energy impact. Reddit's spinner loaders can take forever, and your browser occasionally chokes on all the JavaScript needed for the ghastly SPA experience. Unlike Reddit it works on mobile too.
[Alt] -> View -> Page Style -> No Style and the thing is quite readable. No scrolling needed, no background. It works without Javascript. All in all it is quite a pleasant experience compared to many 'modern' 'designs'.
According to Chrome's developer tools network tab it loads 9.4 MB of data, which is less than or comparable to many modern landing pages (nytimes.com: 18.2 MB, amazon.com: 10.0 MB).
It's a pretty good first-time visitor experience, I'd say!
A good candidate for worst website ever was Yvette's Bridal, a bridal shop in Florida. It's long gone but there is a copy here [1].
Modern browsers on modern computers probably won't succeed in capturing the full experience that was the site back in the day, because (1) the MIDI file that the site tries to play probably will just download instead of actually automatically play, and (2) if you play that file it will probably sound way better than it did back then due to way better MIDI instrument implementations.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 54.2 ms ] threadMy only recommendation would be to use more broken HTML, but that would probably be a pain to maintain.
Also it makes me nostalgic for YTMND
It falls short in its mission. It's still more usable than Twitter.
I must be reading this differently to you, to me this is ready as heavy snark to the "Geocities was the best" crowd. Maybe I'm reading too much into it
There used to be a famous site in the 90's documenting such things ...
found it! http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/begin.htm
It's a dead horse, I know, but this site makes me feel reminiscent of better days.
No popup to ask me to sign up for an account.
Not requesting my location from the browser.
According to Chrome's developer tools network tab it loads 9.4 MB of data, which is less than or comparable to many modern landing pages (nytimes.com: 18.2 MB, amazon.com: 10.0 MB).
It's a pretty good first-time visitor experience, I'd say!
My favorite part is that it's still a fully functional modern website that's mobile responsive and everything.
Modern browsers on modern computers probably won't succeed in capturing the full experience that was the site back in the day, because (1) the MIDI file that the site tries to play probably will just download instead of actually automatically play, and (2) if you play that file it will probably sound way better than it did back then due to way better MIDI instrument implementations.
[1] https://yvettesbridalformal.p1r8.net/