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What websites still feel like the old internet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by _number8_@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cozy 90s BBS forums, obscure blogs, etc.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My healthcare services websites. Their website and mobile app require separate logins. The website logs in then redirects to a completely different website.

They have a tax-free “store” that feels like a completely different website.

Everything is laid out using what seems like the idea of middle management and not modern design philosophy.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

TreasuryDirect also feels classic. If you're not familiar, it's a US government website to buy and sell certain types of treasury bonds. Some great features:

an image so you know you didn't typo your username (haven't seen that in well over a decade)
clicking a link is a new page, and clicking back breaks stuff and makes you login again
until recently, you couldn't paste in the password field

It does do some modern-ish things with page layout, but not that modern, like maybe early 2000s modern. But it's perennially stuck about 20 years in the past.