Is the Internet too young to feel nostalgia over trends that have already come and gone?
A Vernacular Web brought back memories of the early years of surfing the Internet. The section on links talks about how early web sites had lots of links. "Ten years ago every web site had a section of external links because people felt it was their personal responsibility to configure the environment and build the infrastructure." Now we use search engines or directories to find links and regular web sites may have only a few (if any) external links.
"In todays web blogs compensate for over precise search engines by delivering a constant stream of surprise links." This is one of my favorite things about blogs. I appreciate being able to find news and information, but it's the "look at the cool site/quiz/game" links that makes reading blogs fun.
Other sections cover Under Construction, Starry Night Backgrounds, Graphics Collections, MIDIs, Frames, and Tildes before user names.
Posted by marybeth at February 25, 2005 09:11 AM Internet