• Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
    48·
    2 days ago

    Is it just nostalgia or were the website designs from the 2000s more unique, playful and with character? Responsive design and mobile web are a necessity, but I feel like they annihilated all creativity in web design.

    • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
      36·
      2 days ago

      The “standards” where not there, so all websites had to make things custom. I remember my wife making custom buttons for hers back in the day. It was so awesome.

      Maybe you know about it, but neocities still has some of that charm. https://neocities.org/browse

      • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        I’ve seen some neocities sites, they are pretty cool.

        I just wish some of the larger websites (gaming or otherwise) would make something similar for their desktop website and make a simple (non-responsive) mobile version.

    • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      They were more unique and creative. Were they functional? Ehhh not always. But i still love it and with modern implementation id like to see more of it. It doesnt have to be dated. It can just be a creative difference. Not every single site has to use js and look like the 3 websites 99% of normies use.

      Take baccyflap.com. I love this site and see no issues at all with it. Most people under 30 would run away screaming from this site (hyperbole) because they are conditioned by x, fb, and the tok.

    • MudMan@fedia.io
      75·
      2 days ago

      It’s just nostalgia. The vast majority of those were either entirely devoid of content or entirely unusable.

      Also, mostly Flash, so disqualified for human consumption by default.

      • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
        5·
        2 days ago

        I won’t argue against it being nostalgia driven (it’s a powerful thing), but most of those sites definitely did not use flash.