Sure. It was also a lot less functional.
Kind of, but in practice not really. Sure, something like a photo editor would never be possible in Web 1.0.
But 99% of web applications are forms and displaying stuff. All JS accomplished is making it look prettier and enhanced tracking.
I mean, Facebook, my bank, Amazon… these can all be created with no client side code. It would be a lot of refreshes, but it can be done.
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Kind of, but in practice not really. Sure, something like a photo editor would never be possible in Web 1.0.
But 99% of web applications are forms and displaying stuff. All JS accomplished is making it look prettier and enhanced tracking.
I mean, Facebook, my bank, Amazon… these can all be created with no client side code. It would be a lot of refreshes, but it can be done.