In my day Geocities had city names and numbered addresses not fancy usernames for your URL. Then Yahoo took over and screwed everything up.
We were happy to have 56k dial up not like the spoiled fiber multiple gbps millennials and their fancy auto generated memes (we worked a day in MS Paint just to insert some text in a picture that took us an hour to download).
I honestly can't believe people still think 56k dial up was slow. I was stuck with a 300baud modem before finally 14.4k dial up. Which is to say it was a huge upgrade for the BBS's that I would frequent just to play the text based game L.O.R.D. I mean, sitting there waiting for it to display each character to form a word and then a sentence could be quite gripping at times.
In my day, you didn't complain about not being able to get things fast enough, you complained about even being able to connect to prodigy and praying that nobody would kick you offline by calling your number or a random person in your house picking up the phone.
I'm all for it. Let's reset things back to the 90s internet and kick all the normies off. The internet was much better when there was a barrier to entry. We can make this site into a usenet group.
Dogfighting in an F-16 with your high school buddy up the street using your Amiga 500s and Spectrum Holobyte's "Falcon" over direct dialup, your modem called his modem.
You beat me to it, I was going to ask if .win was hosted by Geocities. I miss the counter at the bottom of the page which said how many visitors came to the site.
If you check my MySpace page, I have spinning skull heads and Skeleton Dancer motion gifs, for sale for 0.74 WebBucks or 9.97 Internet Cash. (They actually move)
Already been using duckduckgo for about a few months. Going through the process of finding alternative services to google. My New Year's resolution is to have google completely out of my life by the end of January.
There was a clone created for hacking/security and similar IT related matters very close after Altavista was up, called https://astalavista.box.sk/ it's still there too.
Sad part, I still remember my ICQ number, it's been well over 2 decades now. But I don't have access to the mails I used to create it so no password :(
There's a bit more behind that. Netscape had an internet suite of tools called Netscape communicator but it never really caught on, this is what Seamonkey built on. Their browser was Netscape Navigator.
I used Seamonkey for a good few years, and if you get past the slightly stale look it's actually quite decent (or at least was 2 years ago when I last used it)
They have too much power. This is a good thing. The only qualm is that Google has so much of our stuff, now is a good time to back up documents and photos
Ok (based) nerds, stop enjoying all your cryptic talk and giggling and break this down for the regular users, tf is this about? Did Flynn make it out yet?
Would be fun if Trump flipped a switch like this, made a call to Google, and told them to get their shit together RIGHT NOW or it goes off completely until he's out of office (whenever that is). I suspect Twitter and Facebook would fall in line pretty fast.
Thank you for giving an old timer a laugh on this grim, confusing morning.
Just tending my memes. It's not much, but it's honest work.
It's appreciated. Even in the toughest times, maybe especially then, it's important to remember to say thank you. ❤
Wholesome TDW. I love you so much pedes. I needed this too!
I will never let them take or break those parts of who I am. None of us should. ❤
Well if the intetnet gets wacked we're gonna have to bring back webrings
Wow, now you're really taking me back. I forgot that webrings even existed in those days.
My angelfire page has a counter, an animated background, and a midi loop playing.
Use the Netscape <blink> tag a lot.
My aol page had a lot of Simpson’s gags on it. They’re copyrighted
You should come to my city over at geocities.com
In my day Geocities had city names and numbered addresses not fancy usernames for your URL. Then Yahoo took over and screwed everything up.
We were happy to have 56k dial up not like the spoiled fiber multiple gbps millennials and their fancy auto generated memes (we worked a day in MS Paint just to insert some text in a picture that took us an hour to download).
Now get off my digital lawn!
Lol.
I honestly can't believe people still think 56k dial up was slow. I was stuck with a 300baud modem before finally 14.4k dial up. Which is to say it was a huge upgrade for the BBS's that I would frequent just to play the text based game L.O.R.D. I mean, sitting there waiting for it to display each character to form a word and then a sentence could be quite gripping at times.
In my day, you didn't complain about not being able to get things fast enough, you complained about even being able to connect to prodigy and praying that nobody would kick you offline by calling your number or a random person in your house picking up the phone.
Now get off my digital universe. =)
I'm all for it. Let's reset things back to the 90s internet and kick all the normies off. The internet was much better when there was a barrier to entry. We can make this site into a usenet group.
We should have a backup like that. Is icq still around?
I'm still waiting for there to be a TDW irc channel.
We all miss that dial up sound....
Thanks from Jeeves !
DID I ASK YOU?!?!
This is very appreciated
Make Netscape Great Again!
MNGA!
Same. Bout spit my coffee out.
Think I'll go make a geocities website. With midi. So much midi.
<marquee>Welcome to my website!</marquee>
I used SO many marquees...
Check out my other <a href=“www.aol.com/iteachfuckingscience”>website</a>!
And a lake applet.
And spinning skull gifs for that extra edge.
Plenty of memories in this thread. I got an email not so long ago congratulating me on my 23rd Yahoomail anniversary
I'm sorry, did you say JAVA SCRIPT FLAMES EVERYWHERE ON THE SPLASH PAGE?
Nah. Shitty animated GIF flames. They work even with Javascript turned off!
we're living in a nightmarish simulation
you're not even old, you've just been in the simulation a bit longer
I don't even want out. I just want to find the other PCs and adventure.
Hotbot
Be sure to sign my guestbook!
I miss Geocites!
I miss beeee bonng chhhhhhhhh eeeonn eeeee eongg brrrzzzzz bzrrr booong cheeehhhhhhh eeeonng bzzz
Yes! The modem screech
HANG UP THE PHONE!!!
Dogfighting in an F-16 with your high school buddy up the street using your Amiga 500s and Spectrum Holobyte's "Falcon" over direct dialup, your modem called his modem.
BEE DONG BEE DONG BEE DONG brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Came here to say PP left that part off.
Memories
You beat me to it, I was going to ask if .win was hosted by Geocities. I miss the counter at the bottom of the page which said how many visitors came to the site.
I loved that!!!
Angelfire?
Got any of them rotating skull .gifs?
If you check my MySpace page, I have spinning skull heads and Skeleton Dancer motion gifs, for sale for 0.74 WebBucks or 9.97 Internet Cash. (They actually move)
Got any of those JAVA SCRIPT FLAMES?
I miss spinning flaming skull gifts on web pages
Netscape Navigator.
Ask Jeeves? AOL? Visit my webring? Comment on my guestbook?
Altavista was the shit back in '98.
It found all 40 of the porn pics available! They filled up 10 floppy drives!!!
Those drives weren't floppy after finding the pics!
They quickly turned into hard drives.
I gave mine some viagra and now it’s a solid state drive
Animated GIF. Whoah.....
Netscape.
Netscape best scape
Netscape Navigator on dial-up NetZero. Totally Free Internet, Bitches
NIMBLE NAVIGATOR
JUST TAKE THIS FREE COMPUTER WITH OUR FREE INTERNET.*
Doesn’t mention free computer sucks so bad you have to go back to best buy to have more memory added or just buy a new computer altogether
Best Buy? You sound like a child! try CompUSA or Circuit City!
I bought a sony turntable from circuit city don’t come at me with that shit!
;)
In high school someone gave me a hacked version of NetZero that removed the massive ad bar at the bottom. it was GLORIOUS!
I renamed the shortcut to Nutscrape I was so edgy back then
Webcrawler
Already been using duckduckgo for about a few months. Going through the process of finding alternative services to google. My New Year's resolution is to have google completely out of my life by the end of January.
I tried duckduckgo but found it to be extremely lacking compared to googles
Yeah but that one uses Apple Maps. I would rather use my GPSMap 62 to navigate rather than use any Apple product
That's odd, I've been using Qwant and haven't found anything lacking. I don't even use Google at all anymore. Haven't for more than a year.
StartPage :::: my preferred search engine
heres mine so far
chrome >> brave
google >> bing (i know... could do better... never really liked ddg)
gmail >> protonmail
google docs >> pages (ios)
never used google phones or any google hardware whatsoever
never used google maps
i dont understand what google offers that puts it in the same league as the other tech giants.
If you want another blast from the past, try www.webcrawler.com :)
I'm using brave for everything on my android phone lately. Gonna transition to protonmail and alternative video services.
Currently researching /e/project. It's a google free Android distribution.
Zoho mail works fine for me
Yandex is a good alternative search engine. Not perfect but still very good.
https://yandex.com/
**MAGA
MAKE ALTAVISTA GREAT AGAIN**>
Now do ask jeeves
Haha now there’s a reference.
AltaVista? Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time, a long time...
I used to use it all the time. I don’t even remember why I stopped using it.
Where my AskJeeves bois at?
That was my favorite until they got bought out.
Yup, back in the early/mid 2000s :)
actual former Altavista email user here
What? They had email?
yes, but we had to compose emails with a chisel and slate.
IBM tried to make typing as close to that as possible:
https://youtu.be/HXJzmky2DaI?t=9
Altavista, Lycos, Excite, Infoseek, HotBot... and yes, Yahoo.
Ask.
Fuck this one went over my head. Anybody care to explain?
Alta Vista was the no 1 search engine before google exploded onto the scene.
There was a clone created for hacking/security and similar IT related matters very close after Altavista was up, called https://astalavista.box.sk/ it's still there too.
Those days were fun, not gonna lie
Search it Duck Duck Go. It's an old search engine from the 90s. I'd never heard of it either.
Now that makes me feel old.
Thanks guys, When i started using the net back in the early/mid 2000s google was already a thing.
I still remember ask jeeved, picsearch and yahoo from my early days but never heard of altavista
Webcrawler ftw
eXcit-ing!
ICQ (I seek you play on words) chat!
Sad part, I still remember my ICQ number, it's been well over 2 decades now. But I don't have access to the mails I used to create it so no password :(
I for one would welcome a Netscape and AOL resurgence
I can send you a CD that will give you 500 free hours of AOL. After that it's only $19.99 month (taxes and fees are extra).
Netscape's descendant is Seamonkey.
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/
There's a bit more behind that. Netscape had an internet suite of tools called Netscape communicator but it never really caught on, this is what Seamonkey built on. Their browser was Netscape Navigator.
I used Seamonkey for a good few years, and if you get past the slightly stale look it's actually quite decent (or at least was 2 years ago when I last used it)
First sticky! Mods = Gods!
Feels Good, Man!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Lycos forever!!!
Excite chat!
a/s/l?
LMAFO!!
18/f/Cali
Comforts netscape
What about DogPile?
When Artie had the weird mouth...
Oh, those were the days...
They have too much power. This is a good thing. The only qualm is that Google has so much of our stuff, now is a good time to back up documents and photos
My Geocities webpage is down! How will anyone know my interest now?
What? No love for Webcrawler?
Heading down to CompUSA to grab a SCSI 40gb Hd and parallel port cord to print off some MUFON files I downloaded from Usenet
Me wondering how many ppl even know what alta vista is....lmfao.
"Well..back on the 1900's.."
OMFG never thought I would hear altavista ever again. What next the return of Lycos?
Everything is still working for me.... I'm so confused!
Alta Vista!!!!
All of the 20-30 year olds have no idea wtf you’re taking about lol
Rofl. Damn I feel old. I remember when Alta Vista came to
Ok (based) nerds, stop enjoying all your cryptic talk and giggling and break this down for the regular users, tf is this about? Did Flynn make it out yet?
altavista.digital.com
‘member typing that a lot
oh dam...
My favorite from why way back when.
Waiting for someone to say Magellan... found you Epstein!!
I remember when Alta Vista was king. It was the best way to find DBZ Mpeg2 clips. I filled many floppies at the college library 😂
Would be fun if Trump flipped a switch like this, made a call to Google, and told them to get their shit together RIGHT NOW or it goes off completely until he's out of office (whenever that is). I suspect Twitter and Facebook would fall in line pretty fast.
Anybody else remember Nitto1320?
[SmarterChild] has entered the shat
DuckDuckGo and Brave!
Paw is looking fearce this morning!
Aww, the memories! ☺️
Lol Bring back Hotbot and webcrawler