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The Astronomy Picture of the Day (granted, it's been updated over the years but the style is decidedly retro): https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

And the original WikiWikiWeb: http://wiki.c2.com/

minikites• 5 years ago

I like https://wiby.me/ (searches pages like this) and the "surprise me" link is a nice way to fill time.

xkeysc0re• 5 years ago

This fractal gallery is absolutely gorgeous - and still being updated! http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/FRACTALS.HTM

Scene_Cast2• 5 years ago

If you like that kind of fractals, check out images made by Apophysis.

doublerabbit• 5 years ago

From the site: http://www.lost-world.com/ingen/index.html -- whoever made that, I'm impressed.

mattl4• 5 years ago

It loads so quickly as its just serving up snappy little pages in a frameset. Love it.

superkuh• 5 years ago

dylan6042• 5 years ago

if only the text lined up with the green bar rows, that would have been super impressive for web1.0

mattl4• 5 years ago

Could be done by wrapping each line of the text in a table and setting the background color of the rows I guess.

datlife• 5 years ago

Looking the these pages help me appreciate how far the Web UI/UX has evolved during the past 20+ years.

amatecha• 5 years ago

Slightly differingly, I see how the web has evolved but also become less usable. Early web was so straightforward as the HTML tags available were so basic. The advent of comprehensive animations and high-fidelity graphics (and explicit design for web) has resulted in hard-to-scan web pages that (IMO) require far more cognitive expenditure to interact with.

ChrisArchitect• 5 years ago

(2014) last update anyways

PradeetPatel• 5 years ago

Let's not forget about the Space Jam site from 1996, it screams Geocities.

https://www.spacejam.com/1996/

mattl4• 5 years ago

What about it screams Geocities?

404PageFound – Active Vintage Websites, Old Webpages, and Web 1.0

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