We are still using 88x31 buttons

Why are there zero examples of 88x31 buttons in this article?

lol, that's what I was thinking.

That and how buttons from 30 years ago work with 4k monitors.

Here are a few samples https://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/

Ha, opened the comments to say exactly this. Truly infuriating.

I would guess that the author simply tacitly assumed that any reader would have the general look of 88x31 buttons etched in their visual memory.

At first I read this as a typo for the 88c31 micro-controller that is used in buttons.

My stock answer was, "Good point, the 88c31 seems overkill for a button. But... AI isn't great for detecting button pushes."

Then, I realized the page was just a rant about web buttons and didn't actually show example web buttons.

"a few"

*saturates my Gigabit pipe*

Did you not read "Some examples of sites sharing some thematic elements spanning over 25 years:" followed by links to different galleries? Is clicking a link all that hard? It lets the reader browse examples at their own pace. I thought this was HN, not TikTok.

Love how the top comment right now is from someone who didn't read the second paragraph in the article, where it links to a bunch of sites with 88x31 buttons.

I clicked through a couple of those pages, didn't see any obvious buttons and even if I did, kind of ambiguous which ones are the right size without checking.

Article really could have used an example or two.

Oh my goodness, thank you! I have been searching for a source of the small icons as an example to show the computing classes I lecture, and I finally found my rotating favorite one! https://cyber.dabamos.de/88x31/msntbciis.gif

Thank you so much - on the flip side, my students may dislike you because they're going to get a lecture on how the web used to be!

The first paragraph of the article links to the buttons.

> Some examples of sites sharing some thematic elements spanning over 25 years:

> (…)

> They all feature 88x31 buttons in some capacity and those buttons reflect the website and it's designer in some way.

I actually did click through the links to find those, and I was annoyed that I had to do that instead of having at least one rendered inline in the article.

It even has some examples of other size images inline, but none of the titular 88x31 buttons. I found it odd.

Or even an explanation of what the term means

I disagree, they all feature _multiple_ elements and it's only obvious what the 88x31 button is if you already know.

Yes but what is it - they are just elements - no description of what they are.

My favorite one I think is the Internet Explorer/Google Chrome "Same shit different - " one, because it's obviously recent and somehow iconic of the sort of person who reminisces about the old web, and clearly narrowcasting to such people.

Yeah, I knew what they were but I'd never heard them described as "88x31 buttons," even back in the early 00s, so I had no idea what this article was going on about at first.

88 x 31 pixels? I had a hard time grasping, what the author is talking about. Especially since he shows large banners, not smaller buttons.

The first sentence contains a footnote (1) with links to a bunch of examples.

This vagueness and assumed context seems so common nowadays… you’re supposed to be in the know already and it’s gauche to ask…

the worst kind of correct