[chrisco255]

Oh really? Please tell me about the ultra-productive "Built For Internet Explorer" days of web dev.

[watersb]

Most development in the 20th century was not web development.

Sure, there's always a tension of "simple" versus "limited". But simple was fun.

[cttet]

In 2008 I only tested my CSS-heavy small website on my only browser, which is IE6 and quite content with it.

Until I knew more later and it became a disaster.

[icelancer]

>> client side apps

[smt88]

Web apps are still client-side apps. OP likely meant "native apps" and mistyped it, but GP was justifiably confused.