Dr. Quinn official website from 1998, still online

Post by dwighttk » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 1:02 AM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #26

kbenson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

at 858 bytes, even if you were able to connect at a full 56k connection on your modem (many people could only get some lower fraction, like 33.6 or 28.8 because of line noise), it would still take almost an eigth of a second to download the button if your connection did nothing but that. Designing for the web in the 90's and early 2000's was so much more a matter of picking the right trade-offs to make. Shitty trade-…

In '98 not many would even have 56K - unless adoption was much quicker elsewhere than here (UK). The first units didn't hit the market until '97, and were not cheap, and the V90 standard followed in early '98. Also it was rare to see more than 48K in my experience, 40K on many lines. Memories of reconnecting and forcing a 36k6 symmetric attempt (anything standard above had upstream at half the rate if down) rather th…

Post by chrisco255 » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 1:03 AM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #5

Somehow the Dole/Kemp site from 96 is still going: http://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm Someone must have a decent list, some kinda of "Awesome 90s" list on GitHub or something?

Post by stolenmerch » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 1:09 AM UTC

Post by kevinmchugh » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 1:11 AM UTC

jancsika wrote: post #6

OMG why is that button blurry? If I were a kid today I'd wonder why old people ever bothered watching television or browsing the internet at all. At the same time, I probably wouldn't even notice that famous Beatles recordings were recorded in mono.

Post by jqcoffey » Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 1:13 AM UTC

dspillett wrote: post #26

kbenson wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

at 858 bytes, even if you were able to connect at a full 56k connection on your modem (many people could only get some lower fraction, like 33.6 or 28.8 because of line noise), it would still take almost an eigth of a second to download the button if your connection did nothing but that. Designing for the web in the 90's and early 2000's was so much more a matter of picking the right trade-offs to make. Shitty trade-…

In '98 not many would even have 56K - unless adoption was much quicker elsewhere than here (UK). The first units didn't hit the market until '97, and were not cheap, and the V90 standard followed in early '98. Also it was rare to see more than 48K in my experience, 40K on many lines. Memories of reconnecting and forcing a 36k6 symmetric attempt (anything standard above had upstream at half the rate if down) rather th…