Memories of web development past

DRANK

I just found an old CD with a projects folder of work I did in 1998 – 1999 as a web developer and I am in awe about a few things.Well, first of all, let’s get out of the way how I – successfully – advertised my business:Then I discovered a full size screenshot of how I worked using Netscape 4 (I was an avid Internet Explorer avoider back then):There are a few things there:Browsers had a lot more interface back then than they have nowThere were no tabs – each page was a windowNetscape was a suite of tools (much like Firefox seems to become now), if you look bottom right, there is the browser, email client, chat client, address book, and Netscape Composer, a WYSIWYG editorThis was the full resolution, 800 by 600 was all there was for meYou notice that there is no editor open, the reason was that when I had Photoshop open, my machine wasn’t fast enough to run more. The Editor I used was either Notepad, or later HomesiteWindows Commander was my replacement for Explorer as it allowed…