[binarytox1n]

This is how I learned web development. Don't forget photoshopping the glossiest buttons possible. Not sure if that fad was before or after the grunge.

[sidpatil]

Gloss was a trend in the mid 2000s, if I remember correctly—around the same time that AJAX started becoming really popular

[brandonhorst]

Web 2.0. Such a bright outlook in those days :)

[encom]

It spilled over into the real world as well. I remember every electronic device being glossy black.