Post #1073798
2026-01-01 01:02 UTC
@dillo
For old browsers using the Wayback Machine, there's http://wayback-classic.net/ (which is also faster for modern browsers, so I use it regardless), but there's nothing for the archive as a whole, sadly...
@brewsterkahle
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@dillo@fosstodon.org 2026-01-01 17:25
@dheadshot @brewsterkahle yes, that classic frontend WM is great. After taking a quick look, they seem to have switched to web components that render in the shadow DOM. I was hoping this was some kind of bot-protection move, but it seems to be another case of enshittification (I hate that word!). I hope I'm wrong and they still care about non-JS browsers. They still provide a search API, so building an alternative frontend seems feasible: https://archive.org/help/aboutsearch.htm