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Olga Filova
The Stone Age of the Internet:
Picture it: the year is 1991, and the internet is just a wee babe taking its first wobbly steps.
Websites are as basic as it gets – think blinking text, garish backgrounds, and more Comic Sans than you can shake a floppy disk at. Ah, the memories!
The Wild West of GeoCities:
Fast forward to the late '90s, and we find ourselves in the lawless frontier known as GeoCities.
Here, anything goes – from glittery GIFs to autoplaying MIDI music, it's a digital free-for-all where good taste goes to die. But hey, at least everyone's got their own personalized "Under Construction" gif, right?
The Reign of Flash:
Ah, Flash – the bane of every web designer's existence.
In the early 2000s, Flash ruled the roost, offering endless possibilities for animation, interactivity, and... oh wait, did someone say "unskippable intros"?
Because that's pretty much all we remember.
The Rise of Responsive Design:
Fast forward to the 2010s, and suddenly everyone's talking about responsive design.
Gone are the days of fixed-width layouts and pixel-perfect designs – now it's all about fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries. Sure, it took us a while to get here, but hey, better late than never!
The Mobilegeddon:
Speaking of responsive design, let's not forget the great Mobilegeddon of 2015 – the day Google decided to start penalizing websites that weren't mobile-friendly.
Cue panicked webmasters scrambling to make their sites responsive faster than you can say "mobile optimization."
The Age of Flat Design:
Ah, flat design – where everything is so flat, you could almost mistake it for a pancake. In the mid-2010s, flat design took the web by storm, with its clean lines, minimalist aesthetics, and distinct lack of drop shadows.
Sure, it may have been a bit... boring, but hey, at least it loaded quickly!
The Era of Dark Mode:
And finally, we arrive at the present day – the era of dark mode, where every website worth its salt offers a sleek, eye-friendly alternative to blinding white backgrounds.
Because let's face it – who needs retinas anyway?