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Re: Google in 1998

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Post by jrockway »

LukeWalsh wrote: post #3

Amazing how all of the subtle changes make it look like a kid's toy.

Not really. The current flat design fad will look tired in a few years too. (I'm going to do a dance in the street when the designers finally get tired of Helvetica Light.)

What's really interesting is that the link to Amazon in 1998 looks basically like Amazon today. There's one site that hasn't really changed at all in 15 years; instead of switching fonts around, they built fulfillment warehouses instead. Interesting when you look back into the past.

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by vldx »

Sami_Lehtinen wrote: post #27

What about Webcrawler and Alta Vista, Lycos and HotBot etc. Did you even use Webcrawler? I'm sure that everyone remembers at least Alta Vista.

I hated that new thing Google and stayed with Alta Vista until the end :)

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by laichzeit0 »

What I miss most is the "cached" link being directly visible. Mostly because 90% of my Internet browsing has to be done this way due to draconian proxy rules at work. Anything forum-like is blocked (yes, even StackOverflow).

I cried a bit when they made the cached link a 2 click process.

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

pestaa wrote: post #37
colmvp wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seeing as how this is HN, I knew someone was going to write this...

I know this is a sarcastic take on HN's overall conservation, but you must admit Ajax has its place, and it's not necessarily on a search engine result page. Besides, it ruins much of my browser behavior, shortcuts for example don't work at all, such as backspace. A barebones page would have been a better fit in the target environment (the web).

Google seems to be the biggest culprit in breaking keyboard shortcuts: backspace, keyboards, etc. Surprises me, because surely many of their employees are 'power users' - doesn't it infuriate them, too? I wonder if Chrome has a 'don't hijack keyboard' extension ...

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by stffn »

laichzeit0 wrote: post #43

What I miss most is the "cached" link being directly visible. Mostly because 90% of my Internet browsing has to be done this way due to draconian proxy rules at work. Anything forum-like is blocked (yes, even StackOverflow). I cried a bit when they made the cached link a 2 click process.

Do you know about custom styling/scripting? With a littie CSS you can have it visiable by default. Look into Stylish: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmke...

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by gulbrandr »

sxp wrote: post #24
badclient wrote: post #15

Give me an ajax-less google search over what we have now any day.

https://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0&hl=en

I use this one

https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?complete=0&hl=en&pws=0&safe=o...

to disable autocomplete, personalised search results and safe filter.

Re: Google in 1998

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Post by tobyjsullivan »

quink wrote: post #12

http://web.archive.org/web/19980505193923/http://www.altavis... is wrong. Try this instead: http://web.archive.org/web/19980505193939/http://www.altavis... GoogleScout wasn't around until 1999: http://googlepress.blogspot.com.au/1999/09/googles-new-googl... Also, I think 'Cached' used to be called 'View old version', having done some research.

The altavista.com link is wrong if you are/were trying to get to AltaVista search engine. That said, I'm curious which domain Google actually linked to at the time as the search is still available on that page.
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