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Oh...the days of blink, frames and animated gif. We thought we were so creative then :)

• DiabloD3 15y ago
  Don't forget the "mirrored in water" Java applet, loaded 50 times, once for each image.
  • salimmadjd 15y ago
    LOL...the reflection was awesome. Remember the java applet authoring tool macromedia initially released-way before flash?
  • emp_ 15y ago
    Somewhat relevant http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3854047 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3854047
• kprobst 15y ago
  Don't forget the eponymous "Under construction" animated gif. The halcyon days of web design.
  • commanderkeen08 15y ago
    Don't forget the "tables" used for layout. Oh wait, my bank still does this. Oh wait, so does Yale University.
    • swah 15y ago
      Also, the only way to use the "remaining" space when you have two fixed width columns inside a bigger div IIRC :P
      • kpreid 15y ago
        display: (table | table-cell | table-row); Same layout functionality, no abuse of HTML semantics.
    • Herald_MJ 15y ago
      Oh wait, so does Hacker News
  • redslazer 15y ago
    Which is why I think it is rather humours that Jquery is using it on their plugin page. http://plugins.jquery.com/ http://plugins.jquery.com/