88x31 Web Buttons from the Netscape/Geocities Era

October 1, 2024 7:24 AM

Here is a collection of more than 700 88x31 web buttons from the 1990's and 2000's, including the famous "Netscape NOW" and "Internet Explorer" buttons as well as various other buttons for websites of past and present. All were rescued from a now defunct http://harrypagerubbish.webs.com/buttons just before it disappeared without warning. These buttons are an historic example of advertising in the earlier days of the World Wide Web. Enjoy these buttons and use them to your liking.
posted by AlSweigart (16 comments total)

One I made at a time that web development and cross-browser compatibility was getting really frustrating.
posted by migurski at 7:35 AM on October 1 [2 favorites]

See also: 80x15 badges
posted by cmerrill at 7:40 AM on October 1 [3 favorites]

Previously.
posted by The Bellman at 7:41 AM on October 1 [1 favorite]

Blinking awesome!
posted by TheophileEscargot at 7:48 AM on October 1

Previously.

To clarify, that's a different archive of 88x31 buttons.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 7:59 AM on October 1 [3 favorites]

I had a brief rush of nostalgia when I saw the button for Blue's News (which is still going, apparently)
posted by phooky at 8:08 AM on October 1 [1 favorite]

❤
posted by mazola at 8:16 AM on October 1

I would suggest adding a CW to this post given the large number of blinking buttons.
posted by tommasz at 8:55 AM on October 1

https://www.wired.com/1994/10/mcdonalds/

$10,000+ bills, just laying in the street 30 years ago.
posted by torokunai at 9:20 AM on October 1 [1 favorite]

Oh I have a huge zip archive I downloaded of a bunch of these from geocities webrings. Wonder if it was from that site that disappeared without warning. If so, maybe it would be helpful to share the big folder of them.
posted by GoblinHoney at 11:40 AM on October 1 [1 favorite]

Ban Time Travel “Now”

Effing brilliant LOL
posted by Thorzdad at 11:40 AM on October 1 [3 favorites]

The one which says BAN TIME TRAVEL "NOW" is originally by me. I am delighted that anybody still remembers it.
posted by qntm at 1:01 PM on October 1 [27 favorites]

A lovely touch from qntm's page: "time travel wioll haven be invented". I can't find my Streetmentioner's (it probably willan on-fall through a wormhole), but I think I can work it out from context.
posted by GeckoDundee at 2:53 PM on October 1 [2 favorites]

Considering a tattoo and am overjoyed to have such a source of inspiration
posted by rpophessagr at 6:57 PM on October 1

ANY DAMN BROWSER
posted by neuron at 12:55 PM on October 2

Considering a tattoo and am overjoyed to have such a source of inspiration
Now if you could get them to blink you'd be a legend.
posted by signal at 5:33 PM on October 2