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cozy 90s BBS forums, obscure blogs, etc.

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[-] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago
[-] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago

Your way back search engine https://wiby.me It even comes a surprise me button

[-] django@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

I have the suprise page set as start page in my browser, so i get a surprise website, when i open a browser window.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

All of them, if you browse with Links.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 16 points 2 days ago

LYNX v2.9.2 released in May 2024.

[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 4 points 2 days ago

For better experience I recommend elinks.
Still in active development.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

pretty sure links is just a link to elinks now in most distros.

[-] Decipher0771@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago
[-] Dot@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

My healthcare services websites. Their website and mobile app require separate logins. The website logs in then redirects to a completely different website.

They have a tax-free “store” that feels like a completely different website.

Everything is laid out using what seems like the idea of middle management and not modern design philosophy.

TreasuryDirect also feels classic. If you're not familiar, it's a US government website to buy and sell certain types of treasury bonds. Some great features:

  • an image so you know you didn't typo your username (haven't seen that in well over a decade)
  • clicking a link is a new page, and clicking back breaks stuff and makes you login again
  • until recently, you couldn't paste in the password field

It does do some modern-ish things with page layout, but not that modern, like maybe early 2000s modern. But it's perennially stuck about 20 years in the past.

https://search.marginalia.nu/ is a search engine for non-commercial content and is pretty great regarding the old-school factor :-)

[-] Wildly_Utilize@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

No JavaScript sites on onionland

[-] surfrock66@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago
[-] HidingUnderHats@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

https://www.pizzajerkpdx.com/

They are trying to be 90s, but I love it. I thought they had a site counter at some point, but maybe I am misremembering and it was just the guest book.

[-] Dot@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

I'm on a couple forum sites still (both phpbb I think). I still read fark.com but rarely if ever comment anymore.

[-] Peffse@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

The Fighters Generation

gradients, animated GIFs, "best browsed on", and a frame once you click enter. Only thing it's missing is an index page.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 2 days ago

frame

Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

Story time: In the super old days, I want to say 1996? 1997? I wrote a four or five line HTML that would split the screen into two horizontal frames, then split those each into vertical frames, then those horizontal -- ad infinitum.

I don't think there were any browsers that didn't fail that test. I'm sure I only checked IE3 or IE4 and Netscape. One of them locked the computer up and had to be killed via "close program." The other one locked the machine up and it became completely unresponsive, needing to be hard booted.

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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 8 points 2 days ago

I get most of the stills for my Star Trek memes from trekcore.com which has a pretty old-web feel to it.

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[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

jwz.org/blog, for obvious reasons.

[-] LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

most private trackers

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Anything they use at my work lol

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[-] Toes@ani.social 5 points 2 days ago
[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oh man, fuck Bryan Lunduke. He aged like milk.

[-] ccp@lemy.lol 2 points 2 days ago

neopets.com/neoboards/boardlist.phtml?board=55

fixed

[-] Toes@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago

They both look the same on mobile. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Wimp.com

Irregular webcomics

Dinosaur comics (qwantz.com)

[-] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago
[-] 4z01235@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It's pretty niche, but https://alternativess.com (sport archery retailer)

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