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

• http://textfiles.com/underconstruction/

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

• FlamingText.com

30:01 - Marquee tags

• Staggered
• Speed attribute

31:26 - Spacer gifs

34:30 - AngelFire / GeoCities

36:11 - Xanga / LiveJournal

37:29 - Above the fold content

• Abovethefold.fyi

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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