Not so much as you didn't end up trying stuff only to find it didn't work for some client and you could get away with just targeting Netscape and IE on an 800x6

Not so much as you didn't end up trying stuff only to find it didn't work for some client and you could get away with just targeting Netscape and IE on an 800x600 screen. My first website in '96 had a repeatable background image with text over the top. That's still problematic in email templates and easiest to avoid.