Curious as to how many #webdev #webdesign #UX folks worked on HTML frame-based (<frameset> makes me giggle now) sites back in the day. Or even now! 🤣 The Web Mistakes Confessional is now open ⏳
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👋 I used frames for the first websites I built, but then quickly moved to tables. That was back in the early 2000s. I’m not ashamed of it because it was what we had back then. And building websites with tables back then is kinda helpful building HTML newsletters now.
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Back in the day ppl didn't use frames as a layout tool but more as a mean to keep nav/header/sidebar static(to only reload the main content while navigating a site) They're also used to avoid duplicating components across pages(i.e header) We had the choice between frames and SSI
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You’re absolutely right. That’s how I used frames back then. And tables for the layout. I just mentioned two things I used when I built websites back then. Btw I totally forgot to mention the famous spacer.gif. That’s what I used too almost 20 years ago. 🥳
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Replying to @ThorstenBeeck @7h1322yk0813n72
Did you see my tweet about this passage if alternative text with the asterisk did you use that too LOL I definitely did because it was better hearing than spacer 49 times any given page. Oh what we did it was fun to explore the sandbox but now we've shifted into a danger zone Imo

Feb 25, 2021 · 12:26 AM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag @7h1322yk0813n72
Yes I saw your tweet and I think I did the alt text thing too. 😄 Sometimes I miss the trial and error times. On the other hand I’m happy about all the fancy things you can do on the internet today. 🪄
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I'm not sure I can agree with that as a user with increasing disabilities and issues I have found today's web almost unusable and total fail for all original design principles. I'm not happy at all as a user. I'd love to know what advantages and fancy things we are doing today:-)
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Replying to @mholzschlag @ThorstenBeeck
I'm glad I came to this 20+ years ago, it was great fun then. We were learning via trials/errors and happy to share our findings, keeping the end user at the center of our discussions. Nowadays it is a very different story. For the "new generation" DX is more important than UX.