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Was the Stack Exchange “Happy April Fools” page fitting with the 90s code?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowWhen did the <input> tag come about, and in what web browser?what city was unix invented in?What computer was used in 1958 for handwriting recognition by Dimond?What was the first time the '@' at sign was used to address an user?Other possible inventors of the Transistor?Why was Apple not able to compete with Microsoft in the home PC market?What was the other 99% that PARC didn't show to Apple?What is the origin of the term “Developer” in the context of software?Given the direct involvement of tech companies has there been any strikes over tech companies’ participation in surveillance culture?Was Donald Knuth the first person to typeset a book using a computer?
After thinking about what page I could post this question on, I figured that this might be the most appropriate so apologies if it isn't...
So we nostalgia fans were all treated to a nineties-esque page on the various Stack Exchange sites, complete with guest books, obnoxious tiled backgrounds, Comic Sans, etc.
However, when I went to view the source code, I was expecting to see tables and frames and the other stuff web developers considered "advanced" at the time, but instead I saw the usual modern inclusion of CSS, java-script and all the rest. But then I got thinking, maybe it still might have worked to a degree, possibly in the late 1990s anyway, possibly some of the more advanced web developers had moved beyond the old tables and frames.
So my question is, could this page have worked on a browser from the 90s assuming a monitor with a good enough resolution, computer with enough memory, etc? And if not, would it have been possible to create this page using whatever HTML code, etc. was available at the time? And if so, would it still work now considering a lot of features may have been deprecated / changed?
computers
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After thinking about what page I could post this question on, I figured that this might be the most appropriate so apologies if it isn't...
So we nostalgia fans were all treated to a nineties-esque page on the various Stack Exchange sites, complete with guest books, obnoxious tiled backgrounds, Comic Sans, etc.
However, when I went to view the source code, I was expecting to see tables and frames and the other stuff web developers considered "advanced" at the time, but instead I saw the usual modern inclusion of CSS, java-script and all the rest. But then I got thinking, maybe it still might have worked to a degree, possibly in the late 1990s anyway, possibly some of the more advanced web developers had moved beyond the old tables and frames.
So my question is, could this page have worked on a browser from the 90s assuming a monitor with a good enough resolution, computer with enough memory, etc? And if not, would it have been possible to create this page using whatever HTML code, etc. was available at the time? And if so, would it still work now considering a lot of features may have been deprecated / changed?
computers
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
– Stephen
19 mins ago
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After thinking about what page I could post this question on, I figured that this might be the most appropriate so apologies if it isn't...
So we nostalgia fans were all treated to a nineties-esque page on the various Stack Exchange sites, complete with guest books, obnoxious tiled backgrounds, Comic Sans, etc.
However, when I went to view the source code, I was expecting to see tables and frames and the other stuff web developers considered "advanced" at the time, but instead I saw the usual modern inclusion of CSS, java-script and all the rest. But then I got thinking, maybe it still might have worked to a degree, possibly in the late 1990s anyway, possibly some of the more advanced web developers had moved beyond the old tables and frames.
So my question is, could this page have worked on a browser from the 90s assuming a monitor with a good enough resolution, computer with enough memory, etc? And if not, would it have been possible to create this page using whatever HTML code, etc. was available at the time? And if so, would it still work now considering a lot of features may have been deprecated / changed?
computers
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
After thinking about what page I could post this question on, I figured that this might be the most appropriate so apologies if it isn't...
So we nostalgia fans were all treated to a nineties-esque page on the various Stack Exchange sites, complete with guest books, obnoxious tiled backgrounds, Comic Sans, etc.
However, when I went to view the source code, I was expecting to see tables and frames and the other stuff web developers considered "advanced" at the time, but instead I saw the usual modern inclusion of CSS, java-script and all the rest. But then I got thinking, maybe it still might have worked to a degree, possibly in the late 1990s anyway, possibly some of the more advanced web developers had moved beyond the old tables and frames.
So my question is, could this page have worked on a browser from the 90s assuming a monitor with a good enough resolution, computer with enough memory, etc? And if not, would it have been possible to create this page using whatever HTML code, etc. was available at the time? And if so, would it still work now considering a lot of features may have been deprecated / changed?
computers
computers
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
asked 7 hours ago
colmdecolmde
402146
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colmdecolmde
402146
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Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
– Stephen
19 mins ago
add a comment |
Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
– Stephen
19 mins ago
Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
– Stephen
19 mins ago
Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
– Stephen
19 mins ago
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No. The glitter falling off of the mouse was not possible in 90s era HTML.
answered 6 hours ago
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Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
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People have actually tried this. The answer is "No".
In particular, you may notice, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, an old-timey "Best viewed in Netscape 3.0" bug. It does not in fact work at all under old installs of Netscape 3.0.
As near as I can tell, the main hang-up seems to be SSL compatibility, but likely if that issue were solved there would be other HTML/Java/Javascript issues, as Mr. Burnap posits.
Obviously most of us, unlike the poster in the linked question, aren't running on Win95 with old browsers. So rather than make it work using actual period web code designed for actual period web browsers that few could appreciate, they made it work on modern web browsers, but with a 1990's look-and-feel.
As someone who was using web browsers since the NSCA Mosaic days, they did a pretty impressive job. My only big complaint is the mouse pointer fiddling they did didn't hose the pointer's responsiveness nearly enough. There's other little touches that could be added (eg: Blink Tag), but it really does look amazingly like the real deal.
answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
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And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
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All I know is that it has annoyed me to no end. Yes, I know how to turn it off, but since it's on for all the other topics I visit, I've been cringing and turning it off repeatedly. Just not that funny...
answered 41 mins ago
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No. The glitter falling off of the mouse was not possible in 90s era HTML.
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
3
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
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No. The glitter falling off of the mouse was not possible in 90s era HTML.
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
3
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
No. The glitter falling off of the mouse was not possible in 90s era HTML.
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
No. The glitter falling off of the mouse was not possible in 90s era HTML.
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
answered 6 hours ago
Steven BurnapSteven Burnap
4,0551927
4,0551927
3
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
3
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
3
3
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
Clarification: It was possible (and done, IIRC) to do that effect via other means (eg: Javascript), but probably not the exact HTML being used to do it here.
– T.E.D.♦
2 hours ago
add a comment |
People have actually tried this. The answer is "No".
In particular, you may notice, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, an old-timey "Best viewed in Netscape 3.0" bug. It does not in fact work at all under old installs of Netscape 3.0.
As near as I can tell, the main hang-up seems to be SSL compatibility, but likely if that issue were solved there would be other HTML/Java/Javascript issues, as Mr. Burnap posits.
Obviously most of us, unlike the poster in the linked question, aren't running on Win95 with old browsers. So rather than make it work using actual period web code designed for actual period web browsers that few could appreciate, they made it work on modern web browsers, but with a 1990's look-and-feel.
As someone who was using web browsers since the NSCA Mosaic days, they did a pretty impressive job. My only big complaint is the mouse pointer fiddling they did didn't hose the pointer's responsiveness nearly enough. There's other little touches that could be added (eg: Blink Tag), but it really does look amazingly like the real deal.
answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
77.3k11172315
And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
add a comment |
People have actually tried this. The answer is "No".
In particular, you may notice, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, an old-timey "Best viewed in Netscape 3.0" bug. It does not in fact work at all under old installs of Netscape 3.0.
As near as I can tell, the main hang-up seems to be SSL compatibility, but likely if that issue were solved there would be other HTML/Java/Javascript issues, as Mr. Burnap posits.
Obviously most of us, unlike the poster in the linked question, aren't running on Win95 with old browsers. So rather than make it work using actual period web code designed for actual period web browsers that few could appreciate, they made it work on modern web browsers, but with a 1990's look-and-feel.
As someone who was using web browsers since the NSCA Mosaic days, they did a pretty impressive job. My only big complaint is the mouse pointer fiddling they did didn't hose the pointer's responsiveness nearly enough. There's other little touches that could be added (eg: Blink Tag), but it really does look amazingly like the real deal.
answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
77.3k11172315
And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
add a comment |
People have actually tried this. The answer is "No".
In particular, you may notice, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, an old-timey "Best viewed in Netscape 3.0" bug. It does not in fact work at all under old installs of Netscape 3.0.
As near as I can tell, the main hang-up seems to be SSL compatibility, but likely if that issue were solved there would be other HTML/Java/Javascript issues, as Mr. Burnap posits.
Obviously most of us, unlike the poster in the linked question, aren't running on Win95 with old browsers. So rather than make it work using actual period web code designed for actual period web browsers that few could appreciate, they made it work on modern web browsers, but with a 1990's look-and-feel.
As someone who was using web browsers since the NSCA Mosaic days, they did a pretty impressive job. My only big complaint is the mouse pointer fiddling they did didn't hose the pointer's responsiveness nearly enough. There's other little touches that could be added (eg: Blink Tag), but it really does look amazingly like the real deal.
answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
77.3k11172315
People have actually tried this. The answer is "No".
In particular, you may notice, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, an old-timey "Best viewed in Netscape 3.0" bug. It does not in fact work at all under old installs of Netscape 3.0.
As near as I can tell, the main hang-up seems to be SSL compatibility, but likely if that issue were solved there would be other HTML/Java/Javascript issues, as Mr. Burnap posits.
Obviously most of us, unlike the poster in the linked question, aren't running on Win95 with old browsers. So rather than make it work using actual period web code designed for actual period web browsers that few could appreciate, they made it work on modern web browsers, but with a 1990's look-and-feel.
As someone who was using web browsers since the NSCA Mosaic days, they did a pretty impressive job. My only big complaint is the mouse pointer fiddling they did didn't hose the pointer's responsiveness nearly enough. There's other little touches that could be added (eg: Blink Tag), but it really does look amazingly like the real deal.
answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
77.3k11172315
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T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
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answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
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answered 2 hours ago
T.E.D.♦T.E.D.
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And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
add a comment |
And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
And the page is responsive, which is definitely a non-90s thing.
– Stephen
20 mins ago
add a comment |
All I know is that it has annoyed me to no end. Yes, I know how to turn it off, but since it's on for all the other topics I visit, I've been cringing and turning it off repeatedly. Just not that funny...
answered 41 mins ago
Bill SmithBill Smith
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– Lars Bosteen
12 mins ago
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All I know is that it has annoyed me to no end. Yes, I know how to turn it off, but since it's on for all the other topics I visit, I've been cringing and turning it off repeatedly. Just not that funny...
answered 41 mins ago
Bill SmithBill Smith
92
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This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
– Lars Bosteen
12 mins ago
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All I know is that it has annoyed me to no end. Yes, I know how to turn it off, but since it's on for all the other topics I visit, I've been cringing and turning it off repeatedly. Just not that funny...
answered 41 mins ago
Bill SmithBill Smith
92
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All I know is that it has annoyed me to no end. Yes, I know how to turn it off, but since it's on for all the other topics I visit, I've been cringing and turning it off repeatedly. Just not that funny...
answered 41 mins ago
Bill SmithBill Smith
92
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Bill Smith is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
answered 41 mins ago
Bill SmithBill Smith
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answered 41 mins ago
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answered 41 mins ago
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This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
– Lars Bosteen
12 mins ago
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This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
– Lars Bosteen
12 mins ago
This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
– Lars Bosteen
12 mins ago
This does not provide an answer to the question. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker. - From Review
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Here is a real 90s website for comparison: midwinter.com/lurk
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