History [en]

Know the Code.

The browser wars are keeping us up nights.

We’re referring, of course, to the battle between Netscape Navigator 2 and Netscape Navigator 3. Seems the two generations of Wall Street’s (and our) favorite browser parse HTML somewhat differently. This is not a problem for people who write standard vanilla web pages. It was a big problem for us.

There are now over 200 pages in this web site. We’ve revised them all, to enrich your life as you speed-click your way through. Who loves ya, baby?

Zeldman, 1997

Some things don’t seem to have changed much on the web during these last years, like losing time working around browser incompatilities. Other things seem to have changed a lot, like taste in design.

If past things interest you, you’ll love the Internet Archive. It’s really interesting to see how design and content evolves through time.

Here are some of the sites I dug through:

If a page doesn’t seem to be in the archive, don’t worry and try later. The Internet Archive is having trouble keeping up with all the requests.

Ripoff [en]

Now if this isn’t a ripoff of this…

See pirated-sites for more copycat fun.

Business [en]

Une entreprise n’est pas seulement une machine à  faire de l’argent. C’est aussi un endroit où vivent des gens – et peut-être que ça devrait l’être surtout…

Fun With Spammers [en]

Michael Fraase is currently being threatened by lawsuit by a spammer.

A few months ago, under the title Fun with spammers, Michael published an article detailing how he suggests dealing with spammers. He included the email exchange which took place when he put his method in practice with one particular spammer.

Enjoy.

Independent Web [en]

Things are moving over at Independents Day.

The Future Independents Web: Visions of What’s to Come presents a series of essays about what the future of the independent web might be; one essay published every six hours – or every 250 .beats.

Keep checking. The .beat of the web is pulsing.