90s design appreciation station

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My Linux Rig: Mar 27, 2010; Can't post for 6 years!

Share Bear posted:

http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/index.php?mode=original

this website is also adorably 90s :3

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the editors of the august 1999 edition of the visual basic programmer's journal 101 tech tips for vb developers must have been running low on tips to share with their readers. tip #100 provided the code to make checkboxes act like option buttons:

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checkboxes and option button controls function similarly but with an important difference: a user can select any number of checkbox controls on a form at the same time, but can select only one option button control in a group at a time.

a small piece of code allows the user to select only one checkbox in a group at any given time. this change is useful when you want to use checkboxes instead of option buttons.
we would have written the last line as:

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this change is useful when you want to confuse your users.

rofl this is p good site

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 06:26

My Linux Rig: Mar 27, 2010; Can't post for 6 years!

interface hall of shame posted:

users of microsoft's office97 products will recognize this new interface "feature". for some inexplicable reason, microsoft has decided to add a border around menu titles when the cursor passes overhead, resulting in changing the menu title's appearance to that of a command button. before adding this feature to your applications, bear in mind that it provides absolutely no usability benefit. it is simply an unnecessary distraction, that has the very undesirable effect of capturing the user's attention away from the task at hand.

microsoft added the "feature" only to make their applications look different, not unlike the gradient-shaded title bars used in office95. we can only hope that this practice is as short-lived as the gradient title bar. our advice: don't waste your time trying to make your menu titles act like microsoft's; your time can be better invested in improving the interface.

lol

# ¿ Aug 15, 2017 17:15

My Linux Rig: Mar 27, 2010; Can't post for 6 years!

qirex posted:

whoever wrote that is dead wrong

clearly, but it's just funny to read that post with the last part being "this better die quickly!!" cause hover effects totally never died lol

# ¿ Aug 15, 2017 18:06

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