Vintage Web Surfing

December 30, 2006 by Dan in Cool with 11 Comments

Web browsing has certainly developed in its very short lifespan. We now have CSS, Flash, AJAX all terms readers of this site should be familiar with. But how many people know of Lynx, HotJava, and Mosaic?

If you are like me, pining for retro technology – vintage browser emulation should warm your heart! Just select a long deceased web browser from the list on the Dejavu website, plug in your favorite web address and see what it would look like if it existed in 1992.

Enjoy!

http://elbit.net/oswaldo oswaldo

Lynx. Yeah!!
Lisa

What’s AJAX?
Dogcow

Does anyone remember CyberDog?
http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

Still have it on disk… thought Safari was going to go the way of CyberDog.
JJ

I still use Lynx!
http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

so you are that person in my stats!
http://tech.cellfi.sh Tech CF

Webmasters should still use Lynx. Lynx “sees” websites like most search engines does. So it’s good to use to ensure that all keywords get in, and that every image has alt text and descriptions.
Dogcow

Does CyberDog work in classic?

I prefer “links” to lynx, it supports tables and SSL (http://links.sourceforge.net/). Another nifty “light” browser is Dillo. Its very fast and it has a GUI.
http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

CyberDog does work in classic. Is there a UB version of LINKS?
Dogcow

As long as you have the developer tools, LINKS should compile fine (typical ./configure;make;make install). I have a PPC version, but I dont know how to cross compile yet to make an x86 version.
http://www.uneasysilence.com Dan

That would require me installing developer tools…. Anyone up for the task?

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