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Exactly. Here's Gamespot's homepage in 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20070228162159/http://www.gamespot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070228162159/htt

Exactly. Here's Gamespot's homepage in 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20070228162159/http://www.gamespot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070228162159/http://www.gamesp... Very similar. So much more personality than Gamespot today: https://www.gamespot.com https://www.gamespot.com But back then everyone viewed websites on desktop. Mobile if supported was special-cased. It's the opposite now.

lelandfe 3y ago
You call it personality, I call it gradient overload. Check out the difference in content density, though.
- bovermyer 3y ago
  Humor me for a moment. What decade did you go to high school in?
  - lelandfe 3y ago
    I'm in my late 30s! Can't wait to see what condescension comes next.
    - bovermyer 3y ago
      I didn't mean to sound condescending, I was genuinely curious. I was wondering if there's a correlation between age and aesthetics, but we're about the same age.
opportune 3y ago
Modern designers would think it’s terrible because it gives you too much information, and suggest putting in way more white space, hiding things under menu bars. I wish I was being facetious but sadly it’s a sincere statement. Completely agree though. Information-heavy pages for desktop consumption were wonderful. It truly feels like we’ve regressed. Just loading that gamespot link honestly filled me with an immense nostalgia for the web of 10-15 years ago