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I would posit that "old web" could be defined as the period before Google Search became public (<~1997). But maybe that's more a measure of my own age and perc
by jperras 2mo ago
I would posit that "old web" could be defined as the period before Google Search became public (<~1997).
But maybe that's more a measure of my own age and perceptions rather than an accurate representation of the various eras of the internet/web...
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoWeb Design Museum: Search Engines https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/search-engines-in-the-90s https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/search-engines-i...
- Scoundreller 2mo agoThanks for the link. In ‘96 I only had text-only/Lynx, so rarely/never got to see what the early versions looked like with a “real” browser.
- binarymax 2mo agoThat’s the Cretaceous web. I miss it fondly.
- ColdStream 2mo agoI'm not sure I miss the web as it was but miss the feeling of it all being novel and exciting. You can still get glimpses of it nowadays but it isn't often.
- Xorakios 2mo agoOh good golly miss molly. I had my first email address at an .edu in 1980, first website in my own real name since 1993. the 2000's are just new kids on the block