Jason Petersen (he)Mar 11
HP van Braam

The exact moment software went downhill was when #mozilla changed away from this.

#retrocomputing

Mar 10 at 5:05pmWeb
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Mar 10
@hp Although maybe the start was when Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer and forced Netscape into the ground, creating a precedent for monopoly abuse.
Show threadmhdMar 10
@hp
Show threadRiver City Random ☑️Mar 10
@hp Truly humanity has lost the art of application splash screens
Show threadColinMar 12

@rivercityrandom @hp when applications took so long to open, and needed a throbber too to let you know your computer hasn’t hung up either.

I do miss those screens

Show threadColinMar 12

@rivercityrandom @hp @gothpanda
Yesss

https://birdbutt.com/@colinstu/112627928206854616

Colin (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images I’m ready for this #Aesthetic to come back in the software space. Never gonna happen though. So tired of all this MS Metro/Google Material You/whatever Apple calls their iOS 7 and later flat style vs skeuomorphic/etc.

birdbutt.com
Show threadPetrichor SquirrelMar 12
@rivercityrandom @hp I loved that litte N animation
Show threadMoses IzumiMar 10
@hp
Wonder how things would've gone if they stuck to the full-fat internet suite thing (or at least kept the status bar's web/email/chat/HTMLeditor shortcut buttons).
Show threadbakachuMar 11

@hp i cannot believe that i had forgotten the magnificence of this logo. many many thanks for the reminder.

i agree entirely, the age of good logos was the age of good software.

Show threadHP van BraamMar 11
@bakachu it's... Majestic isn't it? 😀
Show threadbakachuMar 11
@hp totally and i miss it just as much
Show threadmirthMar 12
@hp "And the beast shall come forth surrounded by a roiling cloud of vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of days."
Show threadKarl BaronMar 12
@mirth @hp
Show threadHP van BraamMar 12

@kalleboo @mirth

KILL THE HERETIC

Show threadHP van BraamMar 12

@kalleboo @mirth

Or for the modern adherents...

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@hp

Also, the Soviet-inspired artwork that #jwz snuck in. ;)

Show threadHP van BraamMar 12
@rl_dane Oh, I don't recall that! Do you have some details on that?
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@hp

I think I read it on jwz's blog, but I can't find it now.

If you look on mozilla's homepage in the wayback machine, there's a very red, very soviet-looking star with a t-rex on it:

The page:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990116225540/http://mozilla.org/

The logo:
https://web.archive.org/web/19991007082150im_/http://www.mozilla.org/images/logo-star.gif

mozilla.org

Show threadHP van BraamMar 12

@rl_dane ahhh, yeah, I DID remember that!

Just never made that association!

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Mar 12

@hp

Yeah, it was very implicit until he admitted that it was quite explicit. XD

Wish I could find the original article. :P

Show threadMy name is GordoMar 12
@hp I tuned in right around here, I think. Idk if it was 1.0 but the splash screen definitely looked like this.