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I'm not even sure we'll be able to read content created in this epoch at all two hundred years from now. While the NY Times article is mostly HTML (with lots an
by tannhaeuser 10y ago
I'm not even sure we'll be able to read content created in this epoch at all two hundred years from now. While the NY Times article is mostly HTML (with lots and lots of script injected, but still), sites such as medium.com and many others created in this decade are just a single big JavaScript blob with auto-generated CSS.
- mattnewton 10y agoI'm not sure why we wouldn't be able to? The binaries / source of old browser versions aren't going away. It seems like it's a much easier problem than emulating old closed source console games, or dos programs, both of which have been done very well.
- romaniv 10y agoCDN-hosted scripts, for starters. Also, running old games in DOS Box is often a finicky process that requires some tinkering for every game. That's one of the reasons GOG.com took off so rapidly. People are gladly paying several bucks to save themselves the trouble of messing with configs and reading forums about game's quirks. This isn't a huge deterrent in case of games, but it will be a huge deterrent for retro-browsing, because the whole point to the Web is its interconnectedness. Plus, there are many more websites than there are games.
- mattnewton 10y agoIsn't the internet archive solving this problem? I guess I am taking them for granted and should donate.