Realizing that I have been making web-sites, either as a hobby or for work, for almost 12 years now, I've decided to blow some minds with some facts about the Internet world when I made my initial plunge into HTML.

  • Internet Explorer 5.5 was actually the best browser at the time.
  • You wouldn't be able to get a laser mouse for another 4 years.
  • Firefox?  Nope.  It's still Netscape.
  • Opera as a free download was ad-supported.
  • Google was still privately owned, and Yahoo was still the most visited site.
  • AOL was still a thing.
  • Processors measured in MHz.  Aww yeaaa.
  • Majora's Mask?  Slated for a fall release.

The land of web development today is a dreamland in comparison.  Browser compatibilities are almost non-existent in comparison to even 5 years ago, jQuery has greatly simplified dynamic content on webpages, development tools such as Firebug (initial release 2006) are indispensible.  Add in server-side languages making huge progress from the days of choosing bad (PHP < 4.0) or worse (ASP).  Kids these days don't know how good they have it.

Posted by Ellyoda Wed, 02 May 2012 00:53:38 (comments: 4)
 
Wed, 02 May 2012 01:24:08

If we're talking about web development from before the year 2000 can we have a shout-out to GeoCities?

 
Wed, 02 May 2012 02:26:58
robio said:

If we're talking about web development from before the year 2000 can we have a shout-out to GeoCities?

That was the blogging of yesteryear. Nyaa

 
Wed, 02 May 2012 08:08:36
Yeah, I feel like a dinosaur these days.  Note I did not include any tech topics in my fields of expertise in your thread the other day.
 
Thu, 03 May 2012 11:19:13
I remember the old mouses with wheels, they would always get some gummy fibre stuck to the wheels so they wouldn't work properly.
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