Always thought those "under construction" banners were just lazy design. Then I ran a 2004 Geocities site on a real browser.

I spent years rolling my eyes at those old school animated "under construction" banners with the little guy digging. Figured it was just people being too lazy to finish their sites or hiding broken links. Then about 2 months ago I pulled up an old band fan page from 2004 on my modern phone just for kicks. The layout was a total mess - tables everywhere, flashing text, and a starry background that lagged my whole browser. But that little digging man banner actually made sense in context. It was like a real time status update from a teenager who had a life and couldn't sit coding every night. I felt bad for judging something that was just honest about being incomplete. Has anyone else changed their mind about an old web quirk after actually seeing it in its natural environment?

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blairm4414d ago

My buddy ran an old Angelfire site and that gif actually saved his page from crashing.

richardrodriguez14d ago

@blairm44 My friend Dave in '99 had a dancing baby gif that somehow fixed his broken guestbook.