Tales from Web Dev Past - Part 2
In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with part 2 of Tales from Web Dev Past — this time looking at iFrames, layout trends, icon fonts, web rings, and more!
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Show Notes
03:00 - iFrames
- Sidebar menu
- target
05:42 - JavaScript image hovers
- Dreamweaver
- Photoshop Slice and Select Tool
08:24 - CSS Pie
09:42 - Animated gifs of people and construction
11:20 - CSS Zoom 1 / IE CSS Hacks
- Forced IE 7 to redraw floats
13:42 - Layout trends
- 800x600 fixed websites
- 960gs
- Golden Grid
- 12-col grid creators
16:26 - Sprite maps
- Spritecow
- ☠️ Killed icon fonts
- ☠️ Killed by SVG icons
18:40 - Firebug and Firebug Lite
- Lite was a bookmarklet
20:14 - Image maps / Background gradients
- 1px wide and 2000px tall image to make repeating gradients
- Squidfingers
- Subtle Patterns
- Hero Patterns
- CSS3 Patterns
25:53 - Web rings
27:41 - Glossy buttons
28:09 - Flaming text
30:01 - Marquee tags
- Staggered
- Speed attribute
31:26 - Spacer gifs
36:11 - Xanga / LiveJournal
37:29 - Above the fold content
39:36 - Homestar Runner
Links
- Drupal Omega theme
- Syntax 032: Designing, Templating, Inlining and Sending Email
- Mailchimp
- Litmus
- Email on Acid
- Herman Miller Aeron
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