Intel486dx33 wrote on 2024-03-03, 05:19:
Back in 1993 ...
There was no web browsers back then
Fact check, yes there were, you just didn't know about them. I used some in 1993, the first one was circa 1990. Spring '93 was when they started hitting the PC though prior versions for NeXT systems and Xwindow. Mosaic appeared for Amiga almost the same time as PC which was handy, then I could try out html to see what worked, I was maybe 6 months out from my own win 3.x system that could run it.
edit: Heh, I was just thinking '93, '94 web design seemed "too easy" like any trained monkey could do it, so hammer out pages as required for personal stuff... so got it in my head about then, that it was cool but no career option... by 1997 or so, frames, CSS, java, etc it had got a lot more complex... but still seemed a bit like obsessing over type setting and ignoring the content of the book.... so call me short sighted but I let that opportunity pass... though it kept me out of trouble from getting swept up in that dotcom mindset which was Phase 1: Put something on the internet. Phase 2: ??? Phase 3: profit. ... I tell you, nothing looked profitable to me back then, I noticed eBay, but I picked Outpost.com as the store of the future, Amazon was still a minor league book seller, there were 20 minor league book sellers at least, it would have been hard to back the right horse even if Madam ZaZa looked in her crystal ball in 1998 and told you "a bookseller will be the king of the internet"
Unicorn herding operations are proceeding, but all the totes of hens teeth and barrels of rocking horse poop give them plenty of hiding spots.