[HN Gopher] 404PageFound - Active Vintage Websites, Old Webpages...
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404PageFound - Active Vintage Websites, Old Webpages, and Web 1.0
Author : gabitoju
Score : 70 points
Date : 2021-08-24 15:31 UTC (7 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.404pagefound.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.404pagefound.com)
| minikites wrote:
| I like https://wiby.me/ (searches pages like this) and the
| "surprise me" link is a nice way to fill time.
| xkeysc0re wrote:
| This fractal gallery is absolutely gorgeous - and still being
| updated! http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/FRACTALS.HTM
| Scene_Cast2 wrote:
| If you like that kind of fractals, check out images made by
| Apophysis.
| jeffalo wrote:
| I feel like this directory would be cooler if it also was
| designed like a vintage website.. it seems like it's currently
| just a WordPress blog with a generic theme. :(
| rnhmjoj wrote:
| Some classics that are missing on this list:
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| 1. Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics:
| http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
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| 2. Franco Maria Boschetto's personal website[1]:
| http://www.fmboschetto.it/
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| 3. Ripasso di matematica aka RIPMAT: http://www.ripmat.it/
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| [1]: hn discussion at
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22326339
| butokai wrote:
| Of course Scaruffi is right there in the top row
| vander_elst wrote:
| 20+ years ago we had fast and easy to navigate websites, not sure
| we can say the same about today's websites.
| CTOSian wrote:
| readable dark text as well.
| doublerabbit wrote:
| From the site: http://www.lost-world.com/ingen/index.html --
| whoever made that, I'm impressed.
| mattl wrote:
| It loads so quickly as its just serving up snappy little pages
| in a frameset. Love it.
| superkuh wrote:
| <!--This file created 3/4/97 4:39 PM by Claris Home Page
| version 2.0-->
| dylan604 wrote:
| if only the text lined up with the green bar rows, that would
| have been super impressive for web1.0
| mattl wrote:
| Could be done by wrapping each line of the text in a table
| and setting the background color of the rows I guess.
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| (2014) _last update anyways_
| datlife wrote:
| Looking the these pages help me appreciate how far the Web UI/UX
| has evolved during the past 20+ years.
| amatecha wrote:
| Slightly differingly, I see how the web has evolved but also
| become less usable. Early web was so straightforward as the
| HTML tags available were so basic. The advent of comprehensive
| animations and high-fidelity graphics (and explicit design for
| web) has resulted in hard-to-scan web pages that (IMO) require
| far more cognitive expenditure to interact with.
| PradeetPatel wrote:
| Let's not forget about the Space Jam site from 1996, it screams
| Geocities.
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| https://www.spacejam.com/1996/
| mattl wrote:
| What about it screams Geocities?
| CarelessExpert wrote:
| Let's not forget:
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| The Astronomy Picture of the Day (granted, it's been updated over
| the years but the style is decidedly retro):
| https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
|
| And the original WikiWikiWeb: http://wiki.c2.com/
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