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    I’m So Old: Web Edition

    I’m So Old: Web Edition

    Time can be a funny thing. I still remember discovering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding. I still remember my first college programming course. I still remember my first day at my first coding job, then my first day at my second coding job, and then my first day at Mozilla. I still remember my first day coding for MetaMask. This year marks my 20th year as a professional software engineer and it’s happened in the blink of an eye.

    Every once in a while I will make an old programming reference to a much younger engineer and then realize they have no idea what I’m talking about.

    I’m so old…

    • Webpage layouts were being done with s and this new "CSS float" property was becoming the new standard
    • Rounded corners were achieved via images and VML hacks for Internet Explorer
    • FTP was the best way to upload websites changes
    • SVN and copying its trunk was the best versioning tool
    • alert and confirm were the standard for "modals"
    • Firebug was the best debugging tool available
    • The "standard" for getting videos to play properly was finding the right codec to install
    • ActionScript knowledge was as valuable as JavaScript knowledge
    • Dreamweaver was best in class text editor and design tool
    • XML was the future of data structures
    • Mobile-first? Mobile didn't exist
    • Reactive navigation? How about Java Applets...
    • ...or even different upon mouseover and mouseleave!
    • Want to code a desktop app with web tech? Try Adobe Air!
    • NPM stood for "not performant, man"
    • Voting on a poll meant the page would refresh
    • "Social media" meant HotOrNot.com
    • The love sound of the web was a 56k modem connection purrrrr
    • Disabling right-click enforced image security
    • Bitmap (.bmp) was a viable image format
    • JavaScript had a competitor called JScript
    • SpyJax'ing let you detect where your user had been
    • Cookies were the pinnacle of user tracking
    • Social media wall? It's called a "guestbook"...
    • ...and a friends list? It's called a "web ring'
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