Surf the web like it's 1999 • Hacker News Board

kaycebasques wrote: post #21

I love the idea and look forward to diving in. There's an anachronism in the first paragraph though... "check out my MySpace page"? MySpace didn't launch until 2003... Honest question, was this created by someone who was not actually on the web in 1999? Or maybe they're just taking artistic license with the "1999" idea?

Was going to say that Friendster is not as cool, but only just realized it came out the same year as MySpace did... whoa

Re: Surf the web like it's 1999

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Post by switchbak » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

irrational wrote: post #28

I already surfed the web (and built websites) in all of 1999. Not even misplaced nostalgia would make me want to go back and surf the web like 1999 again. I’ll keep my modern browser, CSS Grid, and 1 Gigabit Fiber Optic line thank you very much.

Surf the web like it's 1999. And all the images load instantly. Yeah, that wasn't what it was like!

And altavista.com doesn't even load!

Re: Surf the web like it's 1999

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Post by dexwiz » Fri, Jan 19, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

kaycebasques wrote: post #21

I love the idea and look forward to diving in. There's an anachronism in the first paragraph though... "check out my MySpace page"? MySpace didn't launch until 2003... Honest question, was this created by someone who was not actually on the web in 1999? Or maybe they're just taking artistic license with the "1999" idea?

The favorites also has a Dr Who page that features David Tennent and Freema Agyeman, who didn't appear on the show until 2006.