Internet before search engines

[raq]

Imagine NO hyperlinks, No Google or Yahoo, typing web addresses MANUALLY, No mouse, NO touch or flat screens, CD/DVD tech was Science-Fiction, dial-up Internet connect@56k was awesome, and what was wireless? Trine Gallegos hosts this segment that was taped in 1995 when the Internet was first becoming an icon. This is an interesting look back at how clunky the applications really were.

What did people do without Google, YouTube, Facebook, SmartPhones, Twitter, Craigslist, eBay, Apple?

[jayrtom]

What did people do without Google, YouTube, Facebook, SmartPhones, Twitter, Craigslist, eBay, Apple?

I still do lots of things without apple, Facebook,tweeter, Craigslist...

I still type new web addresses manually Lol

U remember my first dial up connection being @33kbs and I was stairing to the computer watching a download @3kbs and saying..."wow! This is fast!" (Actually, I really said: "caramba! Isto é rápido!")

Who said what is quoted?

Edited September 26, 2013 by jayrtom

[raq]

 

I still do lots of things without apple, Facebook,tweeter, Craigslist...

Sure but not without one in the list--not without Google or Yahoo..as far as your in this earth planet. Don't know about Mars etc

Edited September 26, 2013 by raq

[feather]

What did people do without Google, YouTube, Facebook, SmartPhones, Twitter, Craigslist, eBay, Apple?

 

 

[trottigy]

At first it was bulletin boards - not too unlike this site.

I remember this one - Delphi http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(online_service)

Edited September 26, 2013 by trottigy

[blue-jay]

I know, it's amazing. Within seconds you can find answers that before Internet and search engines you would have had to go to the library looking for the answers.

It is very very convenient and time saving if used in the right way.

I CAN imagine living without the Internet. But in this world and life it would be really really hard.

I can't wait for a simpler, less stressful time!

[feather]

I know, it's amazing. Within seconds you can find answers that before Internet and search engines you would have had to go to the library looking for the answers.

  so true. I grew having to learn to use the library card catalog.

 

    It took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to find that you were looking for  

[izzydee83]

I even remember life before internet itself! Or cell phones! When I was a kid, talking on the phone involved being tethered to the wall.

[jayrtom]

I know, it's amazing. Within seconds you can find answers that before Internet and search engines you would have had to go to the library looking for the answers.

It is very very convenient and time saving if used in the right way.

I CAN imagine living without the Internet. But in this world and life it would be really really hard.

I can't wait for a simpler, less stressful time!

besides the wonderful things of the Internet, regarding search engines and the task of finding information, we should note that it's becoming increasingly difficult to find accurate information on any subject... unless you master difficult technics of search methods

when you Google for anything you generally find millions of answers... And the one you want is often far from the first pages

before there were only a few respected sources with available information. today there are plenty but on the other hand anyone can become a source of information... And how can we separate the weeds from the wheat on this gigantic ocean of information? it's difficult......

so true. I grew having to learn to use the library card catalog.

It took f-o-r-e-v-e-r to find that you were looking for

[Musky]

I was using the "Internet" in it's primeval form back in the eighties. It was a group of linked "bulletin boards" that could access some  of the navy's "text sites" and a few universities that were participating.  That was with a green screen monitor and all text, no images or links, etc. That was with a 14.4 dial-up connection!

 

Then Al gore came along and invented the Internet as we know it! 

Edited September 26, 2013 by Musky

[surfergirl]

Interesting read.

We first got a computer in 1990. Before that Dad didn't own one.

Then we finally got the internet 5 yrs ago

Then I came to realize how dependent on the internet I became when we couldn't get the internet connected for a month.

[raq]

 

 how can we separate the weeds from the wheat on this gigantic ocean of information? it's difficult

let them grow together...it is still the growing season we cant harvest the wheat right now...we are waiting for the harvesting time      

Edited September 27, 2013 by raq

[raq]

Who said what is quoted? 

Sorry br Joao..I copied this from you tube ..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFF0oQySsh4

May be you can search from YouTube if the link doesn't work -Internet before search engines- from the 1990's point of view

 

U remember my first dial up connection being @33kbs and I was stairing to the computer watching a download @3kbs and saying

surely its quite difficult to know who is the wheat or weeds right now

Edited September 27, 2013 by raq

[raq]

Internet Questions 1994 

We've come a long way... Back in 1994, the Internet was something used by geeks and nerds, no one knew that it was about to change the world.

[jayrtom]

Nice finding sis

At the time someone would ask about the internet... "Does it opens at Sundays?"