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[-] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 131 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Things to add to your product when you want to look hip and trendy, but dont have any real ideas how to make your product better:

  • 1990s: visitor counter
  • 1995: Popups
  • 2000s: flash intros
  • 2005: stock photography
  • 2010: local weather widget
  • 2015: share to social media widgets
  • 2020: fullsize 4k background stock videos
  • 2024: AI assistant
[-] havocpants@lemm.ee 37 points 9 months ago

1995: animated gifs, , guest books, site rings!

[-] Twig@sopuli.xyz 31 points 9 months ago

"Under Construction" GIF

[-] Rozauhtuno 22 points 9 months ago

You forgot about blockchain and NFTs.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago
[-] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 9 points 9 months ago

They would be abused by spam bots in an instant, even before you could write your own "welcome to my guestbook" post.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

So you've never had one of those bot blocking capcha things?

[-] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Remember all those IE toolbars?

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

I got enough installed once to fill the whole screen.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Ugh...please don't remind me.

[-] lud@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

And yet Microsoft added a weather (and bullshit) widget to windows in like 2020

[-] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 6 points 9 months ago

I suppose many people were already using a third-party Aero widget for weather forecast since Windows 7.

I know I did.

[-] neutron@thelemmy.club 9 points 9 months ago

It really grinds my gears. Why does my bank insist on installing an app to approve transactions, and why does that app have a huge background video playing every time i open it? It really should consist of an MFA code generator.

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 1 points 9 months ago

2015: share to social media widgets on porn sites

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