During the 90s the internet was a much more untamed, less corporate place, and Netscape Navigator inadvertently introduced the format of a button of dimensions 88x31. This spawned a lot of a Web badges for all kinds of serious and non-serious activities.
Their design evokes memories of when the web was a more creative and less corporate place, and I am glad that some communities, like Neocities, keep this culture alive.
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