‘Faster, newer, better’ might be the mantra of the tech world, but that doesn’t mean that everything that came before it needs to be forgotten. And the same is true of a humble webpage.
Admittedly, by today’s standards, the ‘net of the 90s was a lot less ‘professional’ looking, and frankly often an assault on the eyes, but hey, who are we to judge your taste in Web design.
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Dec 1996https://t.co/2JVSkHtXbq pic.twitter.com/tfI7ZaLEWd— wayback_exe (@wayback_exe) October 20, 2015
So if retro websites are really your bag, go ahead and start following Wayback_EXE – a bot that scours the Wayback Machine and posts a site along with its earliest screenshot – on Twitter immediately.
Screen Source: 1997 Oscars Eligibles
Feb 1998https://t.co/yxwdNbo9Jg pic.twitter.com/7XEwLFQHvP— wayback_exe (@wayback_exe) October 20, 2015
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The account is only around a day old, so don’t expect too many tweets right now but it appears to be putting out something new every two hours or so.
➤ Wayback_exe [Twitter via ArsTechnica]
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