We are still using 88x31 buttons

Why we are still using 88x31 buttons introduction If you surf the modern "small web" to any extent you've encountered 88x31 buttons - a staple of late 90s and early 2000's websites undergoing a bit of a revival. The Neocities community especially seems to have truly embraced them. 88x31 buttons have a long history on the web, straddling the worlds of advertising and the personal web. Much like IRL jacket pins and buttons - they're small, colorful, collectible, easy to make and trade, and at a glance can confer just enough information to characterize the website displaying them. Some examples of sites sharing some thematic elements spanning over 25 years: Dann's Page Bill's World Paintkiller's links page Solaria's Webspace Ellie's Magical Website ByteMoth's Perfectly Cooked Pages They all feature 88x31 buttons in some capacity and those buttons reflect the website and it's designer in some way. Despite their persistence into the 2020's (or maybe because of it), there seems to ... Read full article.