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It uses the Archive.org API for the actual cached websites, but I love all the other stuff added to the site, and the overall experience on the front page. The
by ObsoleteNerd 6y ago
It uses the Archive.org API for the actual cached websites, but I love all the other stuff added to the site, and the overall experience on the front page.
The creator’s page has a great little rant too which I agree with intensely:
http://theoldnet.com/~rich/ http://theoldnet.com/~rich/
Bring back the old web.
- NetOpWibby 6y agoWow, I relate to this rant as well (and am one of those people with an eye for UX).
- jaclaz 6y agoHe captured perfectly my feelings: >I don't even know where one site ends and one site begins anymore. Were they all created by the same person? Are all our sites wearing the same uniform like in some distopian novel?
- ObsoleteNerd 6y agoYeah that’s a particularly brilliant line.
- tannhaeuser 6y agoIncidentally, Chrome wants to hide URLs from you, and via the "portal" element, play out little pieces of third-party content among a mass of tracking and ads, while pretending you're not on a Google site.
- JBiserkov 6y ago>Are all our sites wearing the same uniform like in some dystopian novel? Well, they all have the same bootstraps https://getbootstrap.com https://getbootstrap.com
- amatecha 6y agoI think all of the stuff this guy wrote pretty much every single day. I miss the heyday of the web so much, especially as I've worked it in daily since those times.
- ObsoleteNerd 6y agoSame. Made my first website in ~95 or so. I remember getting so excited when we could finally change the colours of links, and distinctly remember even back then people saying “this is the beginning of the end for usability on the web, how will users even know it’s a link?!”. Now look at the mess we’ve created.