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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoMe circa 1993: This world-wide web thing is interesting, but it will never replace Gopher. True story.
minus-squareiknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoMe too! I remember mansplaining to my girlfriend at the time how long it would take to visit a page and download images, and how nobody would wait that long to see pictures of cats. I underestimated how much people really want to see cat photos.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoGopher had Veronica. With the WWW, look at what the mess we have.
Me circa 1993: This world-wide web thing is interesting, but it will never replace Gopher.
True story.
Me too! I remember mansplaining to my girlfriend at the time how long it would take to visit a page and download images, and how nobody would wait that long to see pictures of cats. I underestimated how much people really want to see cat photos.
Gopher had Veronica. With the WWW, look at what the mess we have.