2023-05-12 19:19 UTC
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@listeninggarden@mastodon.art 2023-05-12 19:22
i wouldn't really want to *return* to this era of the internet, but i long yearn for my web browser to have some personality instead of dozens of features bloated on every 3 months and an ever-present dread Logging Online
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@listeninggarden@mastodon.art 2023-05-12 19:38
google chrome logo buried amongst 17 different ads: the modern internet the idyllic netscape navigator icon: what the internet could be if carl sagan was still alive
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@Ariane@m.noxie.ch 2023-05-12 19:46
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art I'd say the microsoft video at the start of FS98 : edit : It counts because it's the first FS with online multiplayer :blobcataww: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQO1FfyXnk8
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@linebyline@bytetower.social 2023-05-12 20:01
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art The 'e' turning into Earth with the comet orbiting it was a not-too-distant second. As glad as I am that we don't use the word "throbber" anymore, I do miss these little indicators.
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@charlesrandall@grumble.social 2023-05-12 20:11
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art @BrendanSinclair@mastodon.social you know, in retrospect, the logo could also be interpreted as apocalyptic, and that fits too
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@pynkbites@demon.haus 2023-05-12 23:03
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art hang on is that an orbital bombardment 😮
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@NewtonMark@eigenmagic.net 2023-05-12 23:20
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art @Binder@petrous.vislae.town Sitting up there in the top right corner throbbing quietly while it downloads the Stile Project. Heart stopping :)
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@concoloris@meow.social 2023-05-13 01:27
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art the comets are all of the posts slamming in to the ground and bringing about an ice age (of posting)
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@Gigawatt121@mastodon.art 2023-05-13 01:34
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Geez, that takes me back
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@Zahrdie@hachyderm.io 2023-05-13 11:23
@lorddimwit@mastodon.social @listeninggarden@mastodon.art what that throbbing means?
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@Zahrdie@hachyderm.io 2023-05-13 14:15
@lorddimwit@mastodon.social @listeninggarden@mastodon.art thank you for sharing this info! ☺️
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@funkyidol@androiddev.social 2023-05-13 02:30
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art sadly we don't do animated logos anymore. It's all just flat and minimal
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@historian1661@c18.masto.host 2023-05-13 03:05
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art And the lighthouse also.
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@shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place 2023-05-13 03:22
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Then they ruined it with long loading java wait time.
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@bkendig@meow.social 2023-05-13 03:49
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art As a former Netscape employee, I thank you for warming my heart tonight. :)
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@andreclaassen@ruhr.social 2023-05-13 03:58
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Good old times
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@smashedratonpress@mastodon.sdf.org 2023-05-13 04:16
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art "Honk if you used Netscape." beep-beep
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@m@blat.at 2023-05-13 07:45
@gmh@mastodon.social @listeninggarden@mastodon.art The 1.0 logo was responsible for all of those animated browser "loading" icons being known as "throbbers" and.. well, you can see why..
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@briankgood@mastodon.sdf.org 2023-05-13 05:49
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art I always wanted to see the N stride forward towards me while the Earth spun beneath it
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@mjgardner@social.sdf.org 2023-05-13 06:22
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art But #Mozilla was always lurking, ready to strike
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@auspicacious@mastodon.online 2023-05-13 07:04
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art As bad as software bloat has made Web load times today, things could be *really* slow back in the dial-up days, and the animation was something you had plenty of time to enjoy...
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@m@blat.at 2023-05-13 07:47
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Today I look at that and think "ah look, an otherwise placid planet being bombarded by meteors of bullshit"... so yeah, it's still accurate today!
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@DaTLS@hsnl.social 2023-05-13 07:54
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Back then the internet really felt majestic and awe inspiring. Now it's just a bunch of URLs where I can give cookie preferences and click away the newsletter popup. @egeltje@infosec.exchange
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@dec23k@mastodon.ie 2023-05-13 09:04
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art In the early days of the Opera browser, the installer was small enough to fit on one floppy (that's the entire browser, not an installer stub that usually required a long dialup session to complete the install). One of the ways that they did this was by *not* having a cute custom animation.
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@Kichura@blobfox.coffee 2023-05-13 09:30
Netscape's animations are peak of what the past internet was at the time.
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@xsan64@mastodon.online 2023-05-13 12:44
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throbber
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@sleepy@mastodon.madhouse.org 2023-05-13 14:38
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art @jwz@mastodon.social I liked the marching one.
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@Billiam@mastodon.world 2023-05-13 03:03
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art simpler times...
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@fluffy@plush.city 2023-05-13 16:01
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art @sugar@chitter.xyz there were so many fun Easter eggs to replace it too. I always loved about:mozilla, and there was a fun compass one that I don’t remember how to trigger. Netscape had great easter eggs in general though, like about:fish
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@stadsplanering@mastodon.nu 2023-05-13 22:22
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art So many memories of #Netscape. How it was so much better than IE back in the good old days.
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@shyduroff@mastodon.mit.edu 2023-05-14 00:39
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art … +++ …
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@tatey@bne.social 2023-05-14 04:36
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Dial-up usage was metered where I grew up so every time the comet flew by I would say “There’s another 10c”.
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@hendric@astronomy.city 2023-05-15 04:43
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Meteors raining hellfire on Earth is very much on the nose for 2023.
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@dan@m.danq.me 2023-05-15 08:20
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Has anybody ever re-made this animation in some super-high-def, high-framerate modern standard? I'd love to see an animated SVG of it. Just for funsies.
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@potch@toot.cafe 2023-05-16 19:38
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art
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@plexus@toot.cat 2023-05-16 21:05
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art this brings back memories of 90's summer evenings
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@nevinity@mastodon.world 2023-05-16 21:07
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art Fun fact: the white comets are actual tags burning up in the atmosphere.
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@cenbe@mastodon.sdf.org 2023-05-16 21:13
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art I don't know, looks to me like the solar system is being obliterated by unknown projectiles. Just look at some of those explosions!
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@bascule@mas.to 2023-05-16 22:08
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art I remember hearing "Netscape" for the first time in 1994 and just the word being awe inspiring, let alone the magical throbber
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@RiveDroite@social.vivaldi.net 2023-05-16 22:20
@listeninggarden@mastodon.art I agree wholeheartedly... The logo is so nostalgic