Remember when blogs had funny backgrounds, visitor counter at the bottom, and little animations that made you smile? Each one was a window into someone’s life, made not for profit but for the pure joy of sharing, experimenting, exploring. People wrote about themselves, it was personal, strait, simple html, simple design, user experience? what’s that?!
One good example of the good old internet that I strongly remember was Animation Express, originally part of HotWired, a pioneering digital offshoot of Wired magazine, their website hotwired.com was active around 1998 to 2002, it featured a selection of Flash, Shockwave, and QuickTime web animations, serving as one of the earliest showcases for independent animators. Some of the stuff can be found via web.archive.org/
One example animation is “Stress” which can be found here
Here is the link to the animation category for more gems
Nowadays blogs are buried under pop-ups, Camouflaged ads, Deceptive ads, paywalls, and clickbait headlines. Found yourself battling ads and popups? Just exit and look for another site. Lets bring back those non profitable blogs!
