The Internet in 1996

**Galaxia** · 30 Jul 2006, 03:54 PM

The Internet in 1996 - Discuss.

"All of these elements combine to give me a kind of headache that is very small but will never go away."

**Joust Williams** · 30 Jul 2006, 03:57 PM

He's kind of like Maddox but not as funny

**Drinky Milk** · 30 Jul 2006, 04:21 PM

I go to archive.org every day. I absolutely love that place. It's fun to see what the websites started out as, and how they evolved over time.

I don't give a shit about mcdonalds.com

**ChaoofNee** · 30 Jul 2006, 05:04 PM

I remember that useless internet.

Now the internet is slightly more useful. Also not shitty-looking.

**Fe 26** · 30 Jul 2006, 05:37 PM

I remember the 90s of webdom. I remember those BBS reply boards. GameFan had one before they had chat. Also remember how fan sites were all horrible colors that clashed and were hard to read. And people loved the fire.gif.

Speaking of Gamefan, I remember it being ahead of the game by a bit. They were one of the first sites to pretty well organized.

I also remember ICQ and how a lot of people locally used AOL because they didn't know you could use chatrooms for free with mirc.

**ChaoofNee** · 30 Jul 2006, 05:56 PM

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/

**Rich** · 30 Jul 2006, 06:03 PM

The lego site looked sweet.

**Beefy Hits** · 30 Jul 2006, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/

I hope that's not your webpage. The Cheats exploits are worth some chuckles. It reminds me of one of those plastic figurines they gave away in the 80s with an Arby Kids meal when they still sold Kids meals. Apparently, only Arbys doesn't serve children, because I haven't noticed a kid's meal on the menu for awhile.

What do I know? I haven't done webpages since that time, and probably couldn't do one any better than that.