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The 88x31 GIF Collection

by vladde on 2/19/25, 8:04 AM with 35 comments

  • by avian on 2/19/25, 11:06 AM

    I was wondering where the odd 88x31 size came from. According to this [1] it's basically because at one point GeoCities used a GIF of this size and then everyone copied it.

    [1] https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/140100/why-has-8831-b...

  • by Philpax on 2/19/25, 12:40 PM

    If you enjoy this, you may also enjoy https://eightyeightthirty.one/, which is a network graph of every website with 88x31 links, updated weekly.

  • by acheron on 2/19/25, 2:06 PM

    What were the ones that were narrower that usually said things like “Apache” or “XHTML” or something technical?

    Ah here, 80x15 badges: https://web.badges.world

    I think those were popular a bit later than the 88x31 ones.

  • by myfonj on 2/19/25, 12:41 PM

    For crisp and quadrupled device pixels there, F12 console and:

        with( document.documentElement.style ){
      transformOrigin = '0 0';
      imageRendering = 'pixelated';
      scale = 1 / devicePixelRatio * 4;
    }

  • by card_zero on 2/19/25, 11:24 AM

    Seeing all these load immediately, and none of them stall, and then they all animate simultaneously and the browser doesn't crash ... feels really weird.

  • by jihadjihad on 2/19/25, 1:04 PM

    Seeing all the Macromedia ones (“Made with Macromedia Dreamweaver”) right next to the Adobe ones is probably intentional, but still a little jarring even all these years later.

    I cut my teeth building sites with Dreamweaver back in the day and still am sore about Adobe letting it wither on the vine after the acquisition.

  • by patates on 2/19/25, 11:59 AM

    There are some which may be NSFW. Just FYI.

    I'll wait until I switch to my private computer to dive into it more :)

  • by jFriedensreich on 2/19/25, 12:14 PM

    One phrase caught my attention saying "No frames now!" in a few variations. Were frames a disputed feature at one time?

  • by jwilk on 2/19/25, 12:58 PM

  • by talles on 2/19/25, 2:39 PM

  • by drbig on 2/19/25, 11:24 AM

    The visual cacophony! The silent scream!

    A truly marvelous collection.

  • by Tepix on 2/19/25, 10:52 AM

    Neat. However, with today's 4K screens, 88x31 is really tiny...

  • by dialup_sounds on 2/19/25, 2:02 PM

    You may also enjoy 80x15 badges: https://web.badges.world/

  • by p0w3n3d on 2/19/25, 12:22 PM

    Looks like www.milliondollarhomepage.com

  • by yapyap on 2/19/25, 12:26 PM

    ah man, them loading in was satisfying!