Very nicely done, PG. I'm amazed at how ahead of its time Viaweb was... 3 years before IE6! I agree with the other comments here that it's quite good even by today's standards. To withstand the test of time (14 years!) of web design/technologies is seriously impressive.
I do wish the test drive worked though. It'd be great to be able to really test it out in its original form!
PG, if you don't mind me asking a couple of questions (or point me to the answers if they are already available elsewhere)... how many man hours do you think went into the project (MVP and maintenance)? And how did you come to start developing it? Was it an original idea at the time or were you aware of other online store builders and decided you could do a better job? When did it all start?
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Very nicely done, PG. I'm amazed at how ahead of its time Viaweb was... 3 years before IE6! I agree with the other comments here that it's quite good even by today's standards. To withstand the test of time (14 years!) of web design/technologies is seriously impressive.
I do wish the test drive worked though. It'd be great to be able to really test it out in its original form!
PG, if you don't mind me asking a couple of questions (or point me to the answers if they are already available elsewhere)... how many man hours do you think went into the project (MVP and maintenance)? And how did you come to start developing it? Was it an original idea at the time or were you aware of other online store builders and decided you could do a better job? When did it all start?