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I'm so nostalgic for Geocities and Tripod and the rest. It was a good time.

• 8ig8 13y ago
  The mid-ninties: It was innocent and simple, but you felt so technologically advanced to be able to publish something online. It wasn't about making millions. No one was judging your code. You used Java Applets to make dynamic menus and that was the pinnacle achievement. No one turned on Javascript. You only worried about Netscape and eventually IE, but you really didn't worry that much about either. You didn't think about domain squatting because you weren't sure how to get a domain and it really wasn't worth the cost, whatever it was. If you did, you got your name from Network Solutions or that startup, Register.com. CGI was for professionals. Perl was for scientists. You kinda checked email every couple weeks. You may have even shared an email address. You were ahead when you had a separate phone line for dial up. You were a big shot when you got DSL (from Phoenix). Your DSL was bought out every six months. It was Phoenix, then Earthlink, then... You got AOL CDs in the mail weekly. You remember gmail invites. Edit: And this was your editor: http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.php http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/index.php
  • hyperbovine 13y ago
    More succinctly: you were 20 years younger. That will always be a better time. :)
    • dredmorbius 13y ago
      Except for The Doctor.
  • hatchoo 13y ago
    And don't forget those "Best viewed in" IE and Netscape gifs...
    • untothebreach 13y ago
      The 'Under Construction' gifs were even better
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• aluksidadi 13y ago
  Geocities, Tripod, Angelfire.. oooh the memories
  • 8ig8 13y ago
    God forgive me, I forgot Angelfire. Thanks.
  • read 13y ago
    There is Neocities: https://neocities.org/ https://neocities.org/ But the simplicity in the design is gone, possibly forever.
• brandon272 13y ago
  It was a simpler time! I miss it!