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Offline kimmer

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At the beginning of the web there was ....
« on: May 26, 2019, 02:13:27 PM »
Interesting article on the early days.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/before-netscape-forgotten-web-browsers-of-the-early-1990s/

Sneakers and I were "on the web" way back in the days when you had to log in to private servers. No icons, no photos, just code and text.

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Re: At the beginning of the web there was ....
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2019, 06:39:57 PM »
Well, that certainly takes me back...my hubby had a NeXT as a prof at Oregon State and I do remember that browser, and Mosaic. He was very excited about the "world wide web" and dragged me down to check it out. At the time, I found it frustrating - search engines were pretty lame back then, and trying to find something specific could be a frustrating experience. Of course, within a couple of years, AltaVista and Netscape changed everything...
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