Internet in the 90s
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Re: Internet in the 90s
netscape bestscape
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Oh, man. I miss Netscape. It was so much better than all the nonsense browsers we have today. I was ecstatic when I found the old Mozilla browser, which started as Netscape's spiritual successor, but then they abandoned that in favour of their IE-like Firefox browser.IskatuMesk wrote:netscape bestscape
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ahh, the great browser wars of way back when, before microsoft threw their dicks everywhere.
dont forget the classic
dont forget the classic
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Re: Internet in the 90s
> not mentioning netsca----Enkidu wrote:I also think Internet Explorer was sort-of the most popular browser back then... Probably the only one back then.
oh everyone beat me to it
http://sanctuary-inc.net/
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I was probably wrong when I said that IE was the only net browser. Yes, there was Netscape, IE, Firefox even and I think NetZero was even a part of it before they faded away. Right?
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No, Firefox was released in 2002 and had originally been developed from Netscape, after Microsoft ran Netscape out of business ("We'll cut off their air supply." - Microsoft exec). Netscape Communications made their source code open-source in 1998, essentially giving it over to Mozilla, which was founded by (gasp!) former Netscape employees. It's kind of a sweet tale of revenge, what with how Firefox went on to obliterate IE's marketshare dominance.
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Oh, you're right! my bad, I should've said Opera, that's been around since 1996. Hell, I am using it right now.Hercanic wrote:No, Firefox was released in 2002 and had originally been developed from Netscape, after Microsoft ran Netscape out of business ("We'll cut off their air supply." - Microsoft exec). Netscape Communications made their source code open-source in 1998, essentially giving it over to Mozilla, which was founded by (gasp!) former Netscape employees. It's kind of a sweet tale of revenge, what with how Firefox went on to obliterate IE's marketshare dominance.
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Huh, I never knew that. I thought Netscape just vanished and then Firefox came out of nowhere.Hercanic wrote:No, Firefox was released in 2002 and had originally been developed from Netscape, after Microsoft ran Netscape out of business ("We'll cut off their air supply." - Microsoft exec). Netscape Communications made their source code open-source in 1998, essentially giving it over to Mozilla, which was founded by (gasp!) former Netscape employees. It's kind of a sweet tale of revenge, what with how Firefox went on to obliterate IE's marketshare dominance.
Also BBS were great, I bet there are still some old ones I used to visit out there now, still active.
http://sanctuary-inc.net/
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Yes, it's a true story.mAc Chaos wrote:Huh, I never knew that. I thought Netscape just vanished and then Firefox came out of nowhere.Hercanic wrote:No, Firefox was released in 2002 and had originally been developed from Netscape, after Microsoft ran Netscape out of business ("We'll cut off their air supply." - Microsoft exec). Netscape Communications made their source code open-source in 1998, essentially giving it over to Mozilla, which was founded by (gasp!) former Netscape employees. It's kind of a sweet tale of revenge, what with how Firefox went on to obliterate IE's marketshare dominance.
Also BBS were great, I bet there are still some old ones I used to visit out there now, still active.
Also, there probably are some old sites out there that still work despite their age.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg
Good god, this was a commercial for the internet? That THEME!? I'm DONE!
Good god, this was a commercial for the internet? That THEME!? I'm DONE!
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the jameson family?