90s Web Nostalgia

Comments express nostalgia for the simple, static design of early internet websites from the 1990s and early 2000s, comparing the discussed site's retro aesthetic to that era.

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2007
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2012
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Sample Comments

SmellyGeekBoy Dec 6, 2019 View on HN

Something similar to the web in the late 90s / early 2000s?

jorlow Sep 8, 2024 View on HN

I think this is just what a lot of websites looked like back then :-)

sohzm Aug 23, 2025 View on HN

welcome, it reminds me kind of the old internet, when sites were more static

fouc Jul 10, 2021 View on HN

The good ole days when web pages were web pages!

skcin7 Apr 7, 2013 View on HN

I miss when webpages used to look like that!

donmcronald Nov 9, 2020 View on HN

I would like the spirit of the old internet with modern graphics. I don't understand why sites like that need to look like they're from the 90s.

ravagat Feb 6, 2023 View on HN

It's reminiscent of old HTML heavy(?) sites circa pre-2010s

leephillips May 23, 2015 View on HN

I remember when almost all websites looked like this.

xapata Dec 30, 2021 View on HN

Yeah, where's browsing the web like it's 1993?

ozymandias1337 Mar 12, 2024 View on HN

I miss those days when most websites implemented this.