"... and there's no doubt in my mind that the developers of those websites got paid a TON, because nobody knew anything about web design back then."Well, yes, probably so. However, saying they knew nothing about web design is like saying that Henry Ford didn't know anything about automobile design when he started mass producing cars. I suppose it's true, but it's irrelevant. These people were making it up as they went along because there was no such thing as an established design style at the time. Some did better than others - the Best Buy site, for instance, looked perfectly clean and navigable, and probably better than most corporate web sites do today. The Pepsi site, on the other hand, needs no further discussion.For what it's worth, I'm sure people in 10 years will look back on the design of today and say the same. Considering how much functionality is sacrificed to make everything pretty, I'd guarantee it.
I was the creative direction at Fusebox the comany responsilbe for creating and producing Nickelodeons "Natalie's Back Seat Traveling Web Show" It was pretty ground breaking stuff. The whole site was concepted around an interactive map that had audio and tracked Natalie around the country--it was an interactive Diary. It was created in Shockwave which is why you can't see the work in the archives. Flash did not exist. It was a big success and is similar to what Google earth and Yahoo maps are doing now with community sites. I wish Nick would have continued that vision. It was interesting and age appropriate for kids and was not considered a game. Better than the garbage out their now.
Yeah, IIRC all the early browsers used grey as their background colour. Don't know why, because it wasn't that nice to look at; but bear in mind that IE (which I *assume* used white by default, but don't know for sure because I wasn't on the web when it launched) only came out in 1995, and Netscape/Mosaic likely had the lead for a year or two after that.
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mrunderbridgeJul 24, 2006
"... and there's no doubt in my mind that the developers of those websites got paid a TON, because nobody knew anything about web design back then."Well, yes, probably so. However, saying they knew nothing about web design is like saying that Henry Ford didn't know anything about automobile design when he started mass producing cars. I suppose it's true, but it's irrelevant. These people were making it up as they went along because there was no such thing as an established design style at the time. Some did better than others - the Best Buy site, for instance, looked perfectly clean and navigable, and probably better than most corporate web sites do today. The Pepsi site, on the other hand, needs no further discussion.For what it's worth, I'm sure people in 10 years will look back on the design of today and say the same. Considering how much functionality is sacrificed to make everything pretty, I'd guarantee it.
jonshipmanJul 24, 2006
reminds me of x-entertainment.com writings
aculeusJul 24, 2006
@Narpas: Glad I could be of service a long time ago :)
lauramichaelsJul 25, 2006
I was the creative direction at Fusebox the comany responsilbe for creating and producing Nickelodeons "Natalie's Back Seat Traveling Web Show" It was pretty ground breaking stuff. The whole site was concepted around an interactive map that had audio and tracked Natalie around the country--it was an interactive Diary. It was created in Shockwave which is why you can't see the work in the archives. Flash did not exist. It was a big success and is similar to what Google earth and Yahoo maps are doing now with community sites. I wish Nick would have continued that vision. It was interesting and age appropriate for kids and was not considered a game. Better than the garbage out their now.
aldreneanJul 25, 2006
ahh, that was odd. Digg me down.
apocxpJul 29, 2006
U.G.L.Y.
nogoodnamesleftJul 29, 2006
The fact that you're 18 and feel old makes *me* feel older; I first used the web when I was 18, and that was in 1994 :'-(
nogoodnamesleftJul 29, 2006
Yeah, IIRC all the early browsers used grey as their background colour. Don't know why, because it wasn't that nice to look at; but bear in mind that IE (which I *assume* used white by default, but don't know for sure because I wasn't on the web when it launched) only came out in 1995, and Netscape/Mosaic likely had the lead for a year or two after that.