The Web Design Museum
Newbold Real Estate website homepage design.
Newbold Real Estate website homepage design.

Exhibit, launched December 2005

Newbold Real Estate

Website design for an Avalon, New Jersey real estate office.

Technology stack used

HTMLCSSClassic ASPMicrosoft Access
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The web in 2005

What was the web like back then?

  • Top browser

    IE6

    91% of users were using Internet Explorer

  • Screen size

    1024×768

    on a 15-inch flat screen, or CRT monitor

  • High-speed internet

    71%

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

Building for the web in 2005

  • New this year

    Google Maps launched, and the trick behind it got a name: Ajax. Pages could finally update without reloading.

  • Couldn't do yet

    Transparent PNGs. Internet Explorer 6 didn't fully support them.