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People used to build websites, now they use platforms to do it The web was once about design and aesthetics, uniqueness and carving out a space where you fit in. Now, it's all been monetized to a point where the only thing generated now is content. Its very, very different than in the 90s.

flash? java applets? activex? old standards of javascript? the greatest html tag ever: <blink>???

RIP <blink>

Rest in peace Flash

I hate I laughed at how accurate this is 😂

Fucking hell, its Lego! Not Legos, please 🙏

Deprecated tags Framesets Gopher Mimetype's ISO-8859-1 ActiveX And a host of other deprecated features would like to talk with you.

Flash would like a word

Actually a lot of Lego pieces got updated

Unfortunately in a lot of the new sets they HAVE started just printing bigger chunks of LEGO vs using all the tiny bits. The tiny bit piece sets are apparently even MORE expensive.

Flash would like a word

I think it's more like beer.. Beers isn't something I say, but it is a valid word. (as much as I loath it)

you don’t know me

Flash?

And it’s why we have like 8 different ways to do layouts.

<blink> doesn’t work anymore 😔

No, it is the 5th version of HTML now. And the discussions about 6th version have already begun.

Legos and the web: both timeless and both frustrating when you step on the wrong piece. Except one builds castles, the other builds chaos. Respect to Legos for keeping it wholesome.

I wish that went the other way, too, with stuff in 2024 working under older browsers. It seems like I have a narrow window for enjoying a stable browser version, once found, before websites stop working for it. When will core web standards calm down and stop churning? Will they ever?

Not so sure about that. Have you tried using Internet Explorer recently?

<blink>Blink has entered the chat...</blink>

1960s Lego was different, but still works with new parts. Known as waffle bottoms…

Just for Chrome. Tons of sites don't work on vanilla Chromium.

Then why do I have make sure my minimum TLS version is always v1.2?

Not true www.reddit.com/r/lego/s/pEG...

Laughs in frames.

No it really isn't.

No! They took <blink> from us, pried it from my hands. The web will never be the same :(

If language was a programming language, there is a non-trivial chance that at least one breaking change would have been introduced by this point.

flash player

But unlike the web Lego actually got it right, also Legos as far as I'm aware aren't toxic so that's 2-0

And much like real Lego some of the old pieces are a bit loose these days but it all still works together and some of the new pieces are really dang cool! Do I have too much Lego in my house? I say no. Others might disagree.

Swish?

Doesnt have to be. AI will change every thing.

I love that all the old things still work. HTML is fkin resilient, immortal.

Lego. Multiple pieces of Lego are still Lego. It’s always just Lego.

Adobe flash?

Flash player games would like a word.

I don't! Cool name

Alright you hooligans can bring up flash & blink all y’all want, but our man out here has a point. HTML is one of the most stable formats we’ll see in our lifetimes. Just like Legos. (The s is silent.)

Tell that to former Flash developers.

Except for websites "built for IE6" in that cursed era of the Great Browser Wars.

Yea spiderwebs have worked the same since forever. Classic and consistent 👌

Is this is your way to say you love `<marquee>`? We do too, happy dancing fellow Marq is cute

Tell that to the developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/G...

more specifically: E-mail

machine code running binary, hasn't really changed much either, just fancier, and so much faster, with fancier train-stations, trains, railroads, and so many talented riders contributing

The web has changed quite a lot though. From its languages, connectivity, over browser engines to much more centralization on how content is being delivered. The internet is basically ruled by big content providers nowadays.

<blink> would like a word

I read this as eggos and now im hungry

All those Shockwave games lost like tears in the rain

Yes, Ruffle. However, I'd point out that most users may not know they exist, and some websites have dropped their flash sections anyway.

Remember applets? OMG.. back in the day.. HTML has changed though... used to be custom tags were fine. Now they're treated as evil, if you don't JS them..

My argument is it created a lot of early entertainment, such as flash animations, early games (neopets) and is rather nostalgic to many. There is a reason we have massive archives of this stuff and emulators for it.

I loved when you could ask the browser about the user’s history and send it to the server to find out how the user browsed to the site. Before security was a thing.

I forgot about Flash!

lol, no. “Legos” is a what people who say “on accident” call LEGO

10 billion percent agreed!