> I remember I wanted to show a friend the Gorillaz website (phase 1 era), > but his internet sucked so hard that we went off to do something else > while it loaded... only for it to still be loading when we returned liek > 30 mins later. Eventually we gave up (´∇`) Back in those days, I'd load a bunch of pages at once, go eat or watch TV, then come back to see which ones loaded. My family had a second phone line for Internet (it was supposed to be just a second line, but it ended up being dominated by Internet use), so I could leave it just running like that. if something still hadn't loaded, usually by the time you were done with one of the other pages, it would have Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 07:03:54
> > There was an era where many sites were entirely contained within Flash (;^Д^) > I don't miss that one bit. (´￢`) > I miss Flash for a fair few reasons (the web animation scene completely > changed after it died out as a commonly used tool, same with web games), > but all-Flash sites were a pain-in-the-ass. > You couldn't bookmark parts of it, you couldn't hit the back button, you > couldn't save shit from it, you had to wait for the (often slow) > animations, and in the mid-00s I still had dialup so I'd have to wait > ages for the site to load (by 09, I definitely had DSL). I remember I wanted to show a friend the Gorillaz website (phase 1 era), but his internet sucked so hard that we went off to do something else while it loaded... only for it to still be loading when we returned liek 30 mins later. Eventually we gave up (´∇`) Reference: 2024/05/20(Mon) 02:03:22
> There was an era where many sites were entirely contained within Flash (;^Д^) I don't miss that one bit. (´￢`) I miss Flash for a fair few reasons (the web animation scene completely changed after it died out as a commonly used tool, same with web games), but all-Flash sites were a pain-in-the-ass. You couldn't bookmark parts of it, you couldn't hit the back button, you couldn't save shit from it, you had to wait for the (often slow) animations, and in the mid-00s I still had dialup so I'd have to wait ages for the site to load (by 09, I definitely had DSL). Reference: 2024/05/19(Sun) 18:30:24
> > JS can be handy; it's used for a number of things on the main site, but > > everything can work fine without it. Sites shouldn't require JS to work, > > it should be an extra like on Heyuri ヽ(´ー｀)ノ > > 15 years ago was 2009, still too late for terminal browsers to be useful > a ton of stuff didn't need JS to merely load at all in 2009, since AJAX > page loading hadn't taken over the world yet (I'd say it was a lost > cause by 2014) > quite a few sites would be broken to an extent, but you'd still be able > to browse and interact with them > it wouldn't be a daily drive browser, but it would work There was an era where many sites were entirely contained within Flash (;^Д^) Reference: 2024/05/19(Sun) 18:05:52
> JS can be handy; it's used for a number of things on the main site, but > everything can work fine without it. Sites shouldn't require JS to work, > it should be an extra like on Heyuri ヽ(´ー｀)ノ > 15 years ago was 2009, still too late for terminal browsers to be useful a ton of stuff didn't need JS to merely load at all in 2009, since AJAX page loading hadn't taken over the world yet (I'd say it was a lost cause by 2014) quite a few sites would be broken to an extent, but you'd still be able to browse and interact with them it wouldn't be a daily drive browser, but it would work Reference: 2024/05/19(Sun) 13:00:34
> it's kind of messed up how this is like the one site I can use in a non > JS browser > at least, the one interactive website, everything else that works is > static pages > I'm posting from Links in the terminal. I used to be able to actually > use Links as a "real" browser across the internet 15 years ago. Hell, > when I was on a cruise a while back, using Links was basically required > since the at-sea internet connection just couldn't handle anything more > than pure text lol JS can be handy; it's used for a number of things on the main site, but everything can work fine without it. Sites shouldn't require JS to work, it should be an extra like on Heyuri ヽ(´ー｀)ノ 15 years ago was 2009, still too late for terminal browsers to be useful Reference: 2024/05/19(Sun) 05:13:06
it's kind of messed up how this is like the one site I can use in a non JS browser at least, the one interactive website, everything else that works is static pages I'm posting from Links in the terminal. I used to be able to actually use Links as a "real" browser across the internet 15 years ago. Hell, when I was on a cruise a while back, using Links was basically required since the at-sea internet connection just couldn't handle anything more than pure text lol