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[–] 1 point 9 months ago*

Java applets were definitely in heavy use in webpages. They just kind of sucked. It was absolutely prolific, though.

And don't forget Quicktime!

There was also a period from like the 00s through the mid 10s where search was much better than it is today. The AI generated slop in results that we see now just wasn't a thing at all.

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