I disagree that it can't be used mainstream - I think I might take some of these components and use them in ironic anger - my favorite so far is the "Input with Error".
Back in 1997, I got connected to the internet. Thinking it was owned by a single company, the first time I ran across a site like this... made me want to develop websites. I thought to myself, Why did this internet company make suck a crappy webpage. Then I found out it was a personal home page, and anyone could do it... I then spent the next 5 years making awesome sites just like this, sans MC Hammer.
I remember looking up something for my dad in the mid nineties and the website had a cyan background with yellow text. You had to highlight it to make it legible. At that time before I knew much about HTML / CSS we were like creating content for the Internet must require some über skills if people find it so hard to even make text readable! How little we knew.
To be fair, back in 1997 the internet was "almost" owned by one company in a way: AOL ;)
I have a tough time taking a lot of those old designs as "crappy" though. I mean some of them were seizure inducing for sure, but there were a lot of pages that were very readable and above all else, very simple.
The ArchWiki actually has a very subtle use of the <blink> tag on its "Color Bash Prompt" page[1]. While it could easily be done with CSS3, I quite like its use there.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 70.6 ms ] threadI dont think it can be used for mainstream, just one time attraction, but from so much re-posting here I can be wrong
[1] - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5813596 [2] - https://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=geo+bootst... and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5508061
>> I dont think it can be used for mainstream
Certainly not, it looks awful of course (but isn't that the point?). I had a good laugh, and a quick trip down memory lane though.
The landing page is missing multiple embedded midi files though.
Now I'm not saying we should bring back geocities but I still have fond memories of finding fan sites and personal home pages hosted there.
The web seemed more homegrown back then in the 90s - which wasn't always a bad thing.
Nice job!
I'd of subbed the dancing MC hammers with rotating fire skulls, or one of the more common 90s animated gif standbys.
Also for fun: http://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm
http://www.internic.net/
And the site you're on right now ;)
It does bring back some good nostalgia.
I have a tough time taking a lot of those old designs as "crappy" though. I mean some of them were seizure inducing for sure, but there were a lot of pages that were very readable and above all else, very simple.
E.G. http://www.baddesigns.com/
Of course modern sites still carry the spirit in some way. http://stallman.org
Side note: A site sans MC Hammer is not awesome ;)
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Color_Bash_Prompt#A_wel...
that's better than many sites.