The Picard Maneuvercake to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 months agoI miss the era of the internet with random games on every websitelemmy.worldimagemessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up11.51Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.5Karrow-down1imageI miss the era of the internet with random games on every websitelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuvercake to Curated Tumblr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square184fedilink
minus-squarer.EndTimeslinkfedilinkEnglish20•2 months agoAm I misremembering or would corporate websites randomly have branded flash games
minus-square@MoonMelon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months agoWe got a free, breakfast-themed Doom total conversion .wad in boxes of Chex. Truly a golden age.
minus-squareZagorathlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoMost Aussies of around my age can remember getting (or at least knowing someone else who got) a full copy of Age of Empires on a CD contained in Kellogg’s cereal. That was truly a great time.
minus-squarer.EndTimeslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoI remember script based marketting gimmicks like a percy jackson bolt thag would delete elements off a website
minus-squarer.EndTimeslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agowtf happened to all the random fun gimmicks popping up, prob mobile browser support issuss
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months agoGenerally speaking, giving javascript that much control over your browser was a security hazard. But also, firms used to have much larger staffs. It wasn’t just two marketing guys in a trench coat trying to tell you they were a $10B company.
minus-square@kieron115@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoI’m pretty sure it’s specifically the battery life of mobile devices that’s the issue.
Am I misremembering or would corporate websites randomly have branded flash games
We got a free, breakfast-themed Doom total conversion .wad in boxes of Chex. Truly a golden age.
ChexQuest marked humanity’s peak
Most Aussies of around my age can remember getting (or at least knowing someone else who got) a full copy of Age of Empires on a CD contained in Kellogg’s cereal. That was truly a great time.
I remember script based marketting gimmicks like a percy jackson bolt thag would delete elements off a website
wtf happened to all the random fun gimmicks popping up, prob mobile browser support issuss
Generally speaking, giving javascript that much control over your browser was a security hazard.
But also, firms used to have much larger staffs. It wasn’t just two marketing guys in a trench coat trying to tell you they were a $10B company.
I’m pretty sure it’s specifically the battery life of mobile devices that’s the issue.