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FrontPage was indeed terrible, it caused me to make an even worse decision in the 1990’s—-make websites almost entirely out of image maps, and then eventually t
by nativeit 2y ago
FrontPage was indeed terrible, it caused me to make an even worse decision in the 1990’s—-make websites almost entirely out of image maps, and then eventually that terrible idea evolved into the classic terrible approach to early ‘00’s web frontends (bum bum bum): Macromedia Flash and Actionscript (the latter of which I actually remember fondly, although I may just be remembering it with rose-tinted glasses).
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- throwup238 2y agoOh man that reminds me of customizing people Neopets personal pages as kid. Image maps and tables everywhere.
- WillAdams 2y agoYeah, arguably that was the mindset out of which David Siegel's book _Killer Web Sites_: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/567790.Creating_Killer_Web_Sites https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/567790.Creating_Killer_W... grew out of. Note the follow-up article: "The Web is Ruined and I Ruined It" https://www.xml.com/pub/a/w3j/s1.people.html https://www.xml.com/pub/a/w3j/s1.people.html
- xnx 2y agoI forgot all about: <SPACER> <MULTICOL> and <LAYER>