The Web Design Museum
Billy Benches screenshot
Billy Benches screenshot

Exhibit, launched March 2010

Billy Benches

A mini-website for a bench producer in Cape May County, NJ

Technology stack used

HTMLCSSJavaScriptjQueryPHP
See it live in 2010 (opens in a new tab)

The web in 2010

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE8

    55% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen

  • High-speed internet

    39%

    of US adults didn't have high-speed internet at home

Building for the web in 2010

  • New this year

    The iPad, Google Fonts and responsive web design all showed up. Steve Jobs said no to Flash.

  • Couldn't do yet

    CSS gradients in Internet Explorer. They were still images until IE10 in 2012.