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The Original mcom.com Revived

Posted by Zonk on from the slice-of-the-interwebs-past dept.

saccade.com writes "For those of you that missed the emergence of the the World Wide Web the first time around, Mozilla co-founder JWZ has recreated it for you. In honor of Mozilla's tenth anniversary, he's recreated the original home.mcom.com sites in all their 1994 glory. He even has vintage browsers to go with them."

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  1. Re:HYPE tag. by Indefinite,+Ephemera · · Score: 5, Informative

    For what it's worth, http://cyberborean.wordpress.com/2006/03/29/the-ancient-tags-museum/ suggests that it was 'for great fun of developers'.

  2. Re:Serously AOL by maxume · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's not a joke, it's nostalgia.

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    Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
  3. Re:Ahh, the days.. by Carnivore · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know why they try, but I don't let them. Use the flashblock extension for firefox and you won't waste those bits anymore.

  4. Don't use Netscape 3. Seriously. by serviscope_minor · · Score: 2, Informative

    Try a modern lightweight browser, like Dillo or Links2. I like Links2, myself.

    They are both amazingly fast.

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    SJW n. One who posts facts.