Page 1 of Fancy looking at old web sites?

Check this out - it`s smart.

http://www.archive.org

Very, very strange! I can see my old site that`s been closed for ages!

Look at what Yahoo was like in October 1996 (around the time I got connected to internet) http://web1.archive.org/web/19961017235908/http://www2.yahoo.com/ (you`ll need to copy + paste whole URL)

or how about going back to see how much PCs cost in `99
http://web1.archive.org/web/19990428125902/http://maxxpc.com/

This item was edited on Friday, 3rd May 2002, 22:04

Wow so cool - they`ve even archived the very early Area 450 there (I won`t tell you the totally non-obvious URL - looks shocking now !)

Play
http://web1.archive.org/web/19991127090720/http://www.play247.com/

Dixons!!!
http://web1.archive.org/web/19961221080636/http://www.dixons.co.uk/

(as before copy the whole URL)

This item was edited on Saturday, 4th May 2002, 00:47

It`s amazing to see how much things have changed over the last 7 years or so.

To be honest, after wading through various Flash-laden, style-over-substance monstrosities, I sometimes get nostalgic for the good old days of web design. You don`t need a load of fancy graphics to get your message across - look at Teletext for example.

Mike

brilliant!..archived porn

I agree Mike G, although it doesn`t use Flash I feel the Richer Sounds website is far too complex and hard to navigate now. Take a look at what it used to look like.

i agree with you on the newest richersound site, the navigation layout etc is appauling the whole site should be totally redesigned imo.

The Richer Sounds web-site is cack! It so S...L...O...W as well.

not to mention the ease of which someone was able to retrieve their mailing list