> Here's a live example of a 1995 website: http://www.os2ezine.com/v1n1/
Almost 30 years have passed and this website still works and renders perfectly in modern browsers! Will we be able to say the same about current websites 20 years from now?
Almost 30 years have passed and this website still works and renders perfectly in modern browsers! Will we be able to say the same about current websites 20 years from now?
Isn't it funny how these early sites managed to be completely functional and useful in their plain and unpretentious way without pulling down gigabytes of cruft designed primarily to make it look like you aren't looking at a website. Given the choice between the 2022 and 1993 presentations of IMDB, I'd take the earlier one in a heartbeat.
- familiar font on grey background is quite readable
- blue underlined link tell you what to click on
- link turning violet to indicate you've visited it already? Genius!
Fired up opera, which still had cached websites in the tabs - most of them long gone. Funny to see 2006-era Facebook in the flesh.
Tried to fire up a some news websites, and ended up with BSOD rather quickly. Chewed right through the paltry memory.
edit: I guess it is possible to browse some modern websites by disabling javascript, media downloads, and what not. But it's probably going to be a limited experience as far as functionality goes.
Maybe some browser specific features but only very few websites use those.
I personally think it could be getting better (at least in the realm of Government websites)
The UK Gov Design System for example:
https://design-system.service.gov.uk/
Clean, accessible and functional first.