When any new technology undergoes fast and widespread adoption, there’s always an opportunity for unintended misuse. So it’s no surprise that the World Wide Web has seen its fair share of mishandled technologies:
* Download-heavy Java applets for simple page navigation
* Flash movies for superfluous intro animations
* Frames that disable simple book-marking and URL-sharing
* The overuse of images when simple HTML text would do
Some of these technologies have been permanently scarred by excessive misuse. Flash is synonymous with Skip Intro and Java applets within Web applications are often shunned.
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