The Web Design Museum
Buccaneer Ice Cream website homepage screenshot.
Buccaneer Ice Cream website homepage screenshot.

Exhibit, launched May 2008

Buccaneer Ice Cream

New website for an ice cream parlor.

Technology stack used

HTMLCSSPHPCodeIgniter
Buccaneer Ice Cream about us page.
Buccaneer Ice Cream about us page.
Buccaneer Ice Cream entertainment schedule page.
Buccaneer Ice Cream entertainment schedule page.
See it live in 2008 (opens in a new tab)

The web in 2008

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE6

    79% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen

  • High-speed internet

    49%

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

Building for the web in 2008

  • New this year

    Google launched Chrome on September 2.

  • Couldn't do yet

    Video without Flash. No browser had the HTML5 video tag yet.