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Well for starters, we used to call it "Surfing the Internet" not "exploring the internet". The modern web was designed to rope you in and keep you there. Look
by asciimov 5y ago
Well for starters, we used to call it "Surfing the Internet" not "exploring the internet".
The modern web was designed to rope you in and keep you there. Look up random stuff that interests you, not using a big name search engine. Then if you find a site on a webring, and look at connecting sites.
- 0134340 5y agoYou might get a kick out of watching old NetCafe or Computer Chronicles episodes on archive.org, fellow netizen. Did anyone ever really use that term? I like to playfully use it after watching NetCafe episodes a few years ago.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoA lot of the original metaphors for "using" the internet carry connotations of exploration or perusing, but they've been in use for so long the meaning has sort of gotten worn off. Listen to these words and think about what they actually mean: Internet Explorer, or Web Browser, even Netscape Navigator with its nautical theme has such connotations.
- makapuf 5y agoYou can add konqueror, and safari to this list
- ape4 5y agoYou mean Internet Explorer isn't for exploring the internet!
- foobarbecue 5y agoHaha I'm sure it was "surfing the web" ... I never heard anyone say "surfing the internet"
- asciimov 5y agoYou're right, it was never internet. For me it was net or web, but it was always surfing. A little further back it advertising called it the "Information Superhighway"
- MonaroVXR 5y agoInternet Explorer?