Comments on: What happened to :: ?

By: Veracon

Veracon — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:19:46 +0000

I for one HATED these. They looked to me as if a person was trying to ‘tech up’ their site, yet just ended up looking stupid because of huge overuse.

In addition to that, it reminds me of the worst trend I’ve ever known; the typical ‘.:’ used in many navigations.

.: Navigation :.
- Home …

Oh dear.

Alex-K — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:26:51 +0000

Well, I think it’s mostly because of overuse and - what you mentioned - because of search engines. I miss it a little bit myself.
Good post ;)

aspiramedia — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 07:32:46 +0000

the worst trend I’ve ever known; the typical ‘.:’ used in many navigations.

I could do an article on it. ;)

Lee Rickler — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:45:34 +0000

I still use them …

Look in the titles:

rickler.com
shootandslice.com

But then these sites are years old and too big to worry about small the things!

aspiramedia — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:06:50 +0000

Excellent. An example.

But can anyone find those elusive sites with :: in the navigation or content? Answers on a postcard. Or let me know here.

3stripe — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:06:44 +0000

For me ::’s go hand in hand with those 1px diagonal lines you used to see EVERYWHERE, and still do see quite a lot…

William Smith — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 08:17:35 +0000

they are more of a style icon now!, like 3stripe says, they are everywhere. heh.

S. — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:48:33 +0000

Here’s a website that uses them. Lots!