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For anyone wondering "Why 88x31?" Back in the early days of the internet, a lot of websites were hosted on Geocities, which was popular as it offered free host
by DismantleMars 4y ago
For anyone wondering "Why 88x31?"
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.
- jwilk 4y agoBut why did Geocities use the 88×31 format? https://neonaut.neocities.org/cyber/88x31 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.
- ajbt200128 4y agoBut why was the Netscape Now button that size? We must go deeper
- blep_ 4y agoAt 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".
- bjt2n3904 4y agoAs it turns out, if you put two horses side by side...
- vasvir 4y agoI think the parent refers to that which is a classic one: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-link-between-a-horses-arse-and-the-space-shuttle.162604/ https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-link-between-a-hor...
- gmiller123456 4y agoIt's 88x31 GIFs all the way down.
- ponytech 4y agoI was about to ask the question, thanks for the explanation!
- CharlesW 4y agoBut why [did GeoCities pick] 88x31? Weren’t they matching the size of the Netscape web badge?
- pluc 4y ago468x60 was also a thing for banners back then