<story><title>Writing Less Code</title><url>http://www.heydonworks.com/article/on-writing-less-damn-code</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zeveb</author><text>&amp;gt; Do you remember ever enjoying using&amp;#x2F;reading a website with more than two columns? I don’t.&lt;p&gt;Another one of the things I really miss about the pre-JavaScript, pre-CSS, document-oriented (as opposed to the current experience-oriented) web is being able to make my browser window half or a third of my screen, and having documents be eminently readable.  That was really, &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; nice.  Try it now, though, and nothing really works correctly.  Which is weird, because a third-width window on a laptop or desktop has roughly the same proportions as a phone in vertical layout.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikeryan</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Another one of the things I really miss about the pre-JavaScript, pre-CSS, document-oriented (as opposed to the current experience-oriented) web is being able to make my browser window half or a third of my screen, and having documents be eminently readable.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Man what I remember was doing multiple columns using Tables in HTML which never worked in anything under a 700px resolution.&lt;p&gt;Case in point this beast:
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20010503213654&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.techtv.com&amp;#x2F;techtv&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20010503213654&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.techtv...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Writing Less Code</title><url>http://www.heydonworks.com/article/on-writing-less-damn-code</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zeveb</author><text>&amp;gt; Do you remember ever enjoying using&amp;#x2F;reading a website with more than two columns? I don’t.&lt;p&gt;Another one of the things I really miss about the pre-JavaScript, pre-CSS, document-oriented (as opposed to the current experience-oriented) web is being able to make my browser window half or a third of my screen, and having documents be eminently readable.  That was really, &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; nice.  Try it now, though, and nothing really works correctly.  Which is weird, because a third-width window on a laptop or desktop has roughly the same proportions as a phone in vertical layout.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>RUG3Y</author><text>I started designing web pages in 1995. While they weren&amp;#x27;t works of art, I really miss the simplicity and utility of the internet back then. Also, most content seemed to be really enthusiastic and less economically motivated. I wish we could get back to that.</text></comment>