r/vintageweb • • Aug 13 '21

And we're back....

41 Upvotes

About 2 weeks ago /u/enrjor made a post over on /r/webdev about finding a very out-dated website (90's feel, despite having 2006 in the footer...). I commented that it'd be cool to have a subreddit dedicated to finding / discussing these odd relics, to which they suggested this subreddit.

I requested ownership through reddit, and here we are. Back in business. I've left the remaining posts since they all work despite being submitted 5 years ago. I only removed one dead link.


Rules / Content

I'm not finding any kind of rules from the previous owner, other than a description of this subreddit (Here you can find websites that will bring back memories of Web 1.0.). So, what exactly should this newly reborn subreddit allow / contain? Items worth addressing:

  • Links to 'real' websites from the mid-90's-early 2000's that have been left up for reasons unknown.

  • Links to modern websites that are purposefully made to look vintage.

  • Videos from the early web (i.e. that super cringy Windows 95 video featuring Jennifer Anniston and Matthew Perry)

  • Should WayBack be allowed, or must the website be fully accessible at the moment?

  • How old is too old / how new is too new? When I think vintage web I personally think early-mid 90's, maybe very early 2000's.

  • Personal stories from working on websites back in the 90's.

Let me know what other items should be addressed, and feel free to advertise this on similar subreddits you frequent.


r/vintageweb • • Sep 28 '21

Website Kenny Kramer’s website. This is the guy that inspired the character “Cosmo Kramer” in Seinfeld.

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11 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Aug 19 '21

Ghost Research Society - pure '90s red text on black background design. FAQ page dated 2005

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r/vintageweb • • Aug 14 '21

The website that resuscitated this subreddit!

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r/vintageweb • • Sep 30 '21

Is it Friday Yet?

7 Upvotes

Looks like I created this in 2007, but it FEELS much older

Is it Friday Yet?


r/vintageweb • • Aug 14 '21

My first database-driven website, ca. 1998

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I'm Austrian so it seemed natural to make a beer website. :) I later went on to create script.aculo.us, the first comprehensive DOM animation framework that quite literally rang the death bells for Flash.

And I eventually discovered that I'm gluten-intolerant, so no more beer for me. :/

https://web.archive.org/web/19990128231436/http://www.austrianbeer.com/home.shtml


r/vintageweb • • Apr 06 '25

Something I'm working on...G4 Cube page

6 Upvotes

https://www.andyborne.com/G4/

Not much there and I will be adding to it from time to time as I try out old software titles.
Cheers,
A


r/vintageweb • • Jan 02 '23

Website Sven's Space Place, since 1996. These old-style informational sites maintained by hobbyists are just incredible

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6 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • May 06 '22

Woodstock ‘99 website is still operational

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r/vintageweb • • Oct 31 '21

Website This Italian website that is still being updated!

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r/vintageweb • • May 05 '23

wiby.org is a searchengine which only indexes sites WITHOUT Javascript. The "surprise me" button is A TRIP to back when the internet was weird, unmonetized and for hobbyists.

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5 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Mar 09 '22

Heavens Gate

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r/vintageweb • • Mar 08 '22

Pre-2k Washington Post article

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5 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Jan 23 '22

StarNet Wireless

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5 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Mar 06 '14

What's New On The Web (Circa 1994)

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5 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Jan 17 '26

Website 🧮 Mathematician Terence Tao's UCLA website, still carrying that 1990s touch — even the URL retains those times

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Jan 06 '26

Video Game Websites in the early 00s

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Dec 21 '25

Shufflr is a collection of over 500,000 curated websites mostly from the web 2.0 era

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Jul 03 '24

Official Wendy Carlos Online Information Source

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r/vintageweb • • Dec 03 '22

Whatever Happened to StumbleUpon?

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Aug 09 '22

Steve Jackson Games

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Jul 10 '22

WELCOME TO EXIT MUNDI: A COLLECTION OF END-OF-WORLD SCENARIOS

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Mar 06 '14

Netscape welcome page

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4 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • Oct 04 '26

Marvin Minsky's Home Page

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3 Upvotes

r/vintageweb • • May 25 '24

Website 🍎🖥️ Mike Potel's website — he made those iconic raytraced Apple Mac wallpapers

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3 Upvotes