Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by ponytech on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:27PM
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I was about to ask the question, thanks for the explanation!
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by jwilk on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:46PM
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But why did Geocities use the 88×31 format?
https://neonaut.neocities.org/cyber/88x31 (link warning: lots of 88×31 GIFs!) says it's likely because the "Netscape Now!" button was of that size.
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by ajbt200128 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @12:54PM
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But why was the Netscape Now button that size? We must go deeper
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by blep_ on Sunday January 22, 2023 @02:06PM
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At the bottom of the stack, the answer is probably either "it fit perfectly in an 88x31 space between some other things on the first page it was used on" or "I drew a rectangle that looked right and didn't bother rounding the numbers".
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by bjt2n3904 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @03:08PM
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As it turns out, if you put two horses side by side...
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by vasvir on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:34PM
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I think the parent refers to that which is a classic one: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-link-between-a-hor...
Re:The 88x31 GIF Collection (from the 1990s, 2000s, and today)
by gmiller123456 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @04:01PM
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It's 88x31 GIFs all the way down.
Back in the early days of the internet, a lot of websites were hosted on Geocities, which was popular as it offered free hosting on one condition - you had to embed a small banner into your webpage advertising them. The banner image they provided was 88x31 pixels, and so many Geocities sites would include other external links as 88x31 images so that they matched the dimensions of the mandatory Geocities one.