https://en.wikipedia.org/?useskin=cologneblue
According to the documentation, it’s been there since 2002!
It looks fine at 800x600 with RetroZilla.
That’s proper information density. Looks almost like a japanese web page.
the standard wikipedia skin is plenty information dense, while also actually being readable.
yes i’m cranky because the glorification of the old web is largely nostalgia and completely ignores things like accessibility
TIL: The Internet I grew up with is absolute bonkers.
The Internet we live with now is no less bonkers and nearing utter unusability.
Both true, but for totally different reasons, right.
Early Internet was kinda bonkers because it was disconnected and unregulated and anonymous and nobody yet understood UX design so every site was different, yet always cluttered and overwhelming.
Modern Internet is bonkers because UX patterns and user behaviour is so understood and homogenised that every site is basically the same simplified interface, along with the same dark patterns that manipulate user behaviour to maximise corporate profit, rather than trying to give users what they actually want.
The old type of bonkers was far more preferable.
i mean yeah, it’s like comparing the first car to a modern kei car, there’s been some obvious improvements despite the fact that most cars are oversized and way too sleek
the early web looks like shit, the standard modern website is hidden behind 4 layers of ads, but a modern website that isn’t shittified is pretty fucking great.
Member when the Internet wasn’t profitized? Member when popups were only on porn and warez sites?
Yeah, this was sort of the “corporate-ish” color scheme and web design template back then for websites. Tons of things looked like this. Facebook looked like this for a decade or more. Large banner images took too long to load and this looked “professional” because it looked like corporate letterhead.
Xerox used red, but similar layout to some degree.
TIL Wikipedia has skins
I imagine they had slightly fewer languages listed back in 2002!
It’s beautiful
How is this “bonkers” exactly???
this and monobook is awesome.
Neat
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse?useskin=cologneblue
If you’re on mobile, set it to desktop else it looks weird
“absolute bonkers” Looks like a readable well designed web page
Ok boomer
