Your way back search engine https://wiby.me It even comes a surprise me button
I have the suprise page set as start page in my browser, so i get a surprise website, when i open a browser window.
Not a website, but since you mention BBSes...one thing that would look pretty familiar to a 1990s Internet user would be most of the text-based MUDs, the ancestor of MMORPGs, that are around.
The MUD Connector is still around, and still has a list of active MUDs.
While I suspect that most dedicated MUDders use dedicated clients, the base protocol is still normally telnet, and you can use a plain old telnet client to play...a protocol that predates Internet Protocol itself.
I still mud on occasion. I used TinyFugue back when i started mudding in 88 or 89 (maybe lot was 89/90). I then used zMUD and later cMUD for years. Now I use MUDlet.
All of them, if you browse with Links.
LYNX v2.9.2 released in May 2024.
For better experience I recommend elinks.
Still in active development.
pretty sure links is just a link to elinks now in most distros.
jwz.org/blog, for obvious reasons.
I'm on a couple forum sites still (both phpbb I think). I still read fark.com but rarely if ever comment anymore.
They are trying to be 90s, but I love it. I thought they had a site counter at some point, but maybe I am misremembering and it was just the guest book.
most private trackers
Fark.com
gradients, animated GIFs, "best browsed on", and a frame once you click enter. Only thing it's missing is an index page.
frame
Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time.
Story time: In the super old days, I want to say 1996? 1997? I wrote a four or five line HTML that would split the screen into two horizontal frames, then split those each into vertical frames, then those horizontal -- ad infinitum.
I don't think there were any browsers that didn't fail that test. I'm sure I only checked IE3 or IE4 and Netscape. One of them locked the computer up and had to be killed via "close program." The other one locked the machine up and it became completely unresponsive, needing to be hard booted.
Excellent example.
I get most of the stills for my Star Trek memes from trekcore.com which has a pretty old-web feel to it.
If killing someone would help, I would kill for a Star Wars site like that
telnet bbs.lunduke.com
Oh man, fuck Bryan Lunduke. He aged like milk.
neopets.com/neoboards/boardlist.phtml?board=55
fixed
They both look the same on mobile. 🤷🏻♀️
Wimp.com
Irregular webcomics
Dinosaur comics (qwantz.com)
Anything they use at my work lol
https://www.vernoncoleman.com/
Feels very home made.
Hubski
https://bobistheoilguy.com/ and the oil forums.
It's pretty niche, but https://alternativess.com (sport archery retailer)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
