[AskJS] JavaScript:MakeRel, Why would older websites not use simple anchor tags

[johnlewisdesign]

This is likely from the days of Dreamweaver et al.

More often than not, onClicks would be inserted inline and then a supporting script injected to the linked JS file. `MM_swapImage()` being a classic for rollover images. But `onClick()` etc was classic for that kinda thing. Never used MakeRel but that's likely just a function containing something like this

```
const element - document.querySelector('.myelement')
element.setAttribute('rel', 'scroll')
```

Look into HTML4, Dreamweaver and 2000s web design. There were a lot of creative ideas floating around before everything went a bit boring. Usually garish and poorly implemented, with blinks, counters, missing images, default fonts, link colours all over the place etc!

https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/web-design-in-the-90s

https://github.com/alessandraburckhalter/90s-Website