Looking Back Over The Internet in 1996
January 29th, 2008
Oh my, look how far we’ve come! Back in 1996 I was a junior in high school and about the only time I spent online was in America Online chat rooms or running my Wu Tang Clan eClub. I also remember trying to find ways to download games for my Texas Instrument calculator. We all had e-mail addresses, but most people didn’t have personal websites or spend much time surfing online. They certainly didn’t go there with the intention of finding information, it was more for entertainment. The popular browser at the time was Netscape Navigator, though Internet Explorer 3 was starting to gain popularity.
Knowing what we know now, it is truly amazing how far the internet has come in only a little over a decade. A student of Michigan State University recently took a look back at the Internet in 1996 to get an idea of what websites looked like because he was to young to truly remember. I really enjoyed the post and bet you will also!
What is your favorite memory of being online in the late 1990’s?
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I started using the net in 1999. At that time the first thing i did was create an email account in hotmail which is still active till now. Then i got hooked onto chatting as it was new for me. And slowly slowly i started using messengers, then internet also helped me a lot for project work. At that time i didnt actually think i will have my own 2 blogs.
1996 is exactly when i started using the Internet in my university in Chennai, India. I started with a lynx browser and later on when they installed netscape Navigator I was just thrilled. My first email account was a hotmail account too and I still hold on to it like Madhur.
I see you have started to take a liking for the green.
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Wow, you guys both had a hotmail account? I think I had my AOL account for a long time, then eventually picked up Yahoo! Mail, then Gmail shortly after that came out. Now I still use Gmail for regular e-mails and use my domain names for e-mail that is site related. It helps me keep it all straight!
Take a liking for the green?
Not sure what year it was, but I started with a 14.4 modem and a text-only browser, on free dial-up internet! When I was at a friend’s house, I had the luxury of ~$3.95 per hour AOL and pictures. It was quite amazing.