256b.htm Competition

Please note that this competition was held in early 2002 where Firefox did not existed. Many entries run in Internet Explorer 6 only.

Rules

The task was to create a tiny website in 256 bytes, using HTML, JavaScript, CSS, GIF, Flash, SVG, VRML and so on. The main rules where:

Total size of all files must be less or equal to 256 bytes. The entry have to run offline in one of the commonly used web browsers (in 2002 this were Internet Explorer 6, Opera 6, Netscape 6 and Mozilla 0.9).

Additional rules where:

The code don't have to be valid, cross-browser or DOM compatible. All plugin based technologies are allowed. It's not allowed to use the file name as source code.

Results

Round 1 was held at wildmag.de in February/March 2002. Download round 1 final package (80 KB) including detailed results, some bonus entries and a collection of flags.

Round 2 was held at tap.wildmag.de in August/September 2002. Download round 2 final package (42 KB) including detailed results and some bonus entries.

Entries

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© Copyright 2002 by Thiemo Kreuz, member of WildMag and TAP. All rights reserved.