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I've always wondered, what's the best looking website of the 1990s? Was there anything that people would deem as "good" as some of today's top designs? I feel
by napoleoncomplex 14y ago
I've always wondered, what's the best looking website of the 1990s? Was there anything that people would deem as "good" as some of today's top designs?
I feel like there had to be at least someone with a very refined sense of aesthetic making awesome websites back then.
- xyzzyb 14y agoAt the time the web was only a couple of years old and it was yet to even hit the "lets get serious" radar of just about everyone. Essentially, no. There was no one with a very refined aesthetic making websites at the time. Even the Louvre's website (one of the first art museum websites I remember popping up) was extremely ugly.
- dccoolgai 14y agoDrudge Report. Even if you don't like the political "lean" of it (I, personally, don't), you have to appreciate a design that has (basically) stayed the same since it was founded in the mid 90s. The "minimalism" from Drudge had a big impact on a lot of modern web design.
- iomike 14y agotrust me, drudge's minimalism didn't influence modern web design.
- dccoolgai 14y agoThere are quite a few people http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1407-why-the-drudge-report-is-one-of-the-best-designed-sites-on-the-web http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1407-why-the-drudge-report-is... who disagree with you http://dailycurrant.com/2012/04/23/matt-drudge-wins-web-designs-highest-honor/ http://dailycurrant.com/2012/04/23/matt-drudge-wins-web-desi...
- meej 14y agodaily currant is a satire site.
- wazoox 14y agoI remember http://www.sgi.com http://www.sgi.com as particularly nice in 96/97. Alas, there aren't many captures on archive.org.