How to Nail the Aero Look on Your Website
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The post explores how to achieve the AERO look on a website, sparking discussion on design trends and nostalgia, with commenters sharing their experiences and insights on implementing the style.
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You may not owe websites that you feel look like shit better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
I do remember using similar techniques 20 years ago to imitate Aero and Aqua in Flash and CSS though.
As i understand it, the term was only recently made up by a group of students, who've seemingly been working overtime to make it "a thing".
Putting commerce on the internet was the best and the worst thing that happened to it.