Hulu: 1990's style

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by pavel • 15 years ago

71 27 15 years ago

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pumpmylemma2• 15 years ago

::Sigh:: With the exception of the marquee element, I prefer HTML3.2-style designs...

fjarlq• 15 years ago

Why?

pumpmylemma2• 15 years ago

To some degree, I think unabused HTML 3.2 was less noisy than unabused HTML 5.0...

...but maybe it's really about plain, dumb, and irrational nostalgia.

yarone• 15 years ago

OK, this is my favorite of the day. The only thing they're missing is an animated "under construction" gif.

daeken• 15 years ago

Scroll down in the bottom frame :)

tybris• 15 years ago

:'-( I miss the X-Files and the old Web.

zcid• 15 years ago

Very cool. I normally despise April Fool's, but this made today worth it.

aj700• 15 years ago

http://www.dejavu.org/ for the old web and its browsers

http://michaelv.org/ for win 3.1

bitwize• 15 years ago

I love the GeoCities reference and the under construction guy (aka Sticklyman).

gcv• 15 years ago

The aliased fonts made me think I'm having a deja vu experience.

-webkit-font-smoothing: none;

terhechte• 15 years ago

Thanks! I was checking the comments just to find out how they managed to get the non-antiliased windows-xp like fonts :)

seiji• 15 years ago

   <meta name="description" content="Hulu.com is a video service on the 
  World Wide Web that offers hit TV shows including X-Files and Newsradio.
  Our extensive library also includes classic TV series and blockbuster movies.
  Dial up and start watching now.  No CD-ROM required." />

TomOfTTB• 15 years ago

It really is the little touches that make this so awesome. A lot of would-be pranksters settle for the quick first impression hit and then move on. But the deeper you dig here the more fun you find. From the grainy images to the IE and Netscape buttonsat the bottom its pure 90s

(My favorite bit is clicking on the "Sign our Guestbook" at the bottom)

dmix• 15 years ago

The best part is how they simulated progressively loading images at dial-up speed using GIF's in the banner.

jpadvo• 15 years ago

They also used an open graph meta tag, too. So people can easily share the prank on Facebook, presumably. A little ironic.

hakim• 15 years ago

Google's 1990's experience: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/ (click the I/O logo)

d_r• 15 years ago

I'm going to start adding this retro "Get Chrome" banner to my sites. I wish it was animated, though.

http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/static/img/1998/get-chr...

cpeterso• 15 years ago

Google Helvetica: http://www.google.com/search?q=Helvetica

shoo• 15 years ago

even the images load slowly! (try going left or right...)

GBond• 15 years ago

Missing a blink tag, but I think this was the best one today.

Gaussian• 15 years ago

There's a cassette reference, a beeper mention, Netscape 3.0 and 21 Jump Street. This is a winner.

maukdaddy• 15 years ago

Now I really want to see Kids in the Hall!

l0c0b0x• 15 years ago

Pure html awesomeness!!!

Groxx• 15 years ago

I LOVE the blinking "NEW" by Hulu Plus.

Brilliant. And incredibly well done. Slow image loads, old internet references, a page counter in the double-digits and a guest book, blinking and scrolling text... utterly fantastic :D

m3mb3r• 15 years ago

Much faster! They should really switch to this.

i386• 15 years ago

This page makes me feel nostalgic for the days when the web was a much smaller place.

dreww• 15 years ago

Brought a tear to my eye. You can't see it under these mirrorshades.

Hulu: 1990's style

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