Simon Willison's Weblog: underconstructionhttp://simonwillison.net/2009-10-15T14:11:53+00:00Simon Willison"I made the first animated under construction icon"2009-10-15T14:11:53+00:002009-10-15T14:11:53+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Oct/15/twoleftfeet/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/85695/Please-Be-Patient-This-Page-is-Under-Construction#2774563">"I made the first animated under construction icon"</a></strong></p>
twoleftfeet on MetaFilter describes how he created the first ever Under Construction animation in 1995, after discovering his server-push animations could be replaced by the exciting new animated GIF.
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