Websites of 2000 [video]

The 2000s were the best times for internet. Nothing will compare to that. Some Saturday nights I feel so nostalgic that I prepare tea and I start browsing my favourite websites on web.archive... and I become sad.

From a year earlier, Charlie Brooker&#x27;s favourite website: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;archive&#x2F;charlie-brookers-favourite-website&#x2F;zfbgbdm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bbc.co.uk&#x2F;archive&#x2F;charlie-brookers-favourite-web...</a>

Wow, this makes me sad. Back then, websites on the internet were merely a useful tool that you controlled. Now it&#x27;s the opposite. Websites on the internet control you by completely hijacking your attention with highly optimized clickbait and ads that humans are wired to engage with.

Filming TV segments about internet websites?<p>What&#x27;s next, watching TV <i>on</i> the Internet? Heh

Was this really originally broadcast in 16:9, or has the video been cropped (from 4:3) for modern sensibilities? If so, it seems contrary to the role of preserving history which the saving of this video presumably has.

Amazing! 2000 feels not long ago to me. I remember when Google came on the scene and how much better the search was, then when they started offering gmail

Crazy how far web design has come. The content of websites was a lot more compacted in the past. And how could we forget the (overly) liberal use of gifs?<p>It makes me wonder whether people in 2047 will look back on today&#x27;s websites with the same impression.

what an odd style of camera work...

Love that vintage felt marker font override.

Nothing like a Brit pronouncing Googul. :)

We can bring it back. Neocities exists. I&#x27;m sure other communities do as well.

Anyone else still have their 2000-era version of a website still up?