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I was wondering where the odd 88x31 size came from. According to this [1] it's basically because at one point GeoCities used a GIF of this size and then everyon
by avian 2y ago
I was wondering where the odd 88x31 size came from. According to this [1] it's basically because at one point GeoCities used a GIF of this size and then everyone copied it.
[1] https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/140100/why-has-8831-become-the-standard-ratio-for-micro-bars https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/140100/why-has-8831-b...
- jagermo 2y agointeresting, so basically a standard by simply everyone using it, like the #. Cool.
- rchaud 2y agoKeeping them at a uniform size probably helped them stack evenly when displayed in an HTML table. Back in the day, these GIFs served as site badges or favicons, which weren't created until 1999.