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Wasn't javascript the main way to get moving elements in webpages? Here they're using css animations, which definitely weren't around in those days. So I guess
by svantana 8y ago
Wasn't javascript the main way to get moving elements in webpages? Here they're using css animations, which definitely weren't around in those days. So I guess the style is throwback, not the implementation...
- mrweasel 8y agoNo, it was all gifs, blink and marquee tags.
- rubyfan 8y agoDon’t forget about Java applets
- kitsunesoba 8y agoI remember applets as often being fun but also a huge source of instability. On my family’s Mac in the mid-late 90s, any time we started playing Java applet games, Netscape and/or System 7.5 would inevitably seize up and we’d have to reboot. Applets and “Sorry, a system error has occurred” were almost synonymous.
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- dan-robertson 8y agoWell the old websites worked with e.g. <blink> and <marquee> but modern browsers typically ignore these elements
- sehugg 8y agoNot if you wanted your site to work on MSIE -- I don't think setTimeout() was even supported until IE4.