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rubah
05-27-2006, 04:36 AM
Why have those website layouts that involved image mapping a ton of little PNG files that were each about 55kb and there's probably about twenty of them, making it about four minutes for a site to load at best, and they all showed up one at a time, so you'd get to say 'oh, there's this guy's head! and his shoulders! what the crap, why are his feet there? oh, there's the torso'

I mean, this is the sort of time that they'd actually almost be practical. Back a couple of years ago when they were big, I know I was still on dialup.

What web fads have you noticed missing lately?
Shoeberto
05-27-2006, 05:01 AM
MySpace.

Actually, I just wish it was missing.
Erdrick Holmes
05-27-2006, 05:08 AM
Red Vs Blue
Samuraid
05-27-2006, 08:20 AM
MySpace.

Actually, I just wish it was missing.
Dignified Pauper
05-27-2006, 08:33 AM
EoFF

Actually, I just wish it was missing.
crono_logical
05-27-2006, 09:22 AM
Ads and popups :p

Actually, I don't miss them since it's nicer now they're mostly gone for me :D
Captain Maxx Power
05-27-2006, 10:25 AM
P2P killed of "Warez" sites. Yes, they were illegal, but there was a real sense of achievement when you got past all the pop-ups, porno and "press this button one, then this button once" nonsense and actually reached your goal. Now you just find a torrent or search for it. Where's the fun in that?
Loony BoB
05-27-2006, 10:51 AM
MySpace is the worst showcase of coding I have ever seen on a major website. It's atrocious. I can't even load some of the pages on occasion. They're horrible. Ugh.

Sorry, slightly off-topic rant, that was. Uhm. Fad that's missing. Uhm. I know of a fad that's been missing... missing like a fox!
Rye
05-27-2006, 01:09 PM
Those tiny little x's for navigation and the cross for a cursor.
Denmark
05-27-2006, 04:00 PM
any site changing my cursor is subject to being roundhouse kicked in the face

oh wait. I didn't miss the c**** n***** fad. I got too much of it. I wish I'd missed it.
Roto13
05-27-2006, 04:13 PM
Punctuation, capitalization, taking the time to type entire words...
Jess
05-28-2006, 04:39 PM
Myspace. It's useful to keep in touch with people and for networking but there is something about it that just drives me mad about it. :jess:
escobert
05-28-2006, 05:49 PM
Myspace. It's useful to keep in touch with people and for networking but there is something about it that just drives me mad about it. :jess:
I agree it's just evil that's all :p