The History of the Sharpened.net Website

1999: Part 1

It may shock you to know that this is how Sharpened.net originally looked. Heck, it even surprises me. But hey, everything needs to start somewhere right? I had about one year of Web development experience when I designed this page.

Sharpened.net Home Page - 1999

Pretty, isn't it? Well, the misaligned sidebar in the upper-left hand corner doesn't help. This disruption is due to the fact that the "Welcome to Sharpened.net!" text takes up too much space, pushing the table too far to the right. It only happened in Internet Explorer, which renders the text larger than Netscape does. Of course, I only used Netscape at the time and didn't even notice this. Remember when we all used Netscape? Checking your Web site on multiple browsers is a pain, but it has to be done.

Also, you may notice the lovely choice of random colors on the page. Web sites look better when they have some consistency to them. When it came to color, the original Sharpened.net completely missed the mark. Perhaps some other examples will show you what I mean.

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