Pro tip: Tweaking my browser let me actually browse 90s web archives.

Every page was a mess of broken images and text. Setting the user agent to an old version cleared it right up.

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So much for digital time travel being a smooth ride. The fix is always something stupid simple like tricking a website into thinking you're its long lost friend. My browser is now having an identity crisis, but at least the sparkly GIFs work.

kelly_walker921d ago

Totally, the web back then was held together with digital duct tape. @patricia547 has it right, tricking sites into thinking you're their pal from 1998. My browser is so confused it probably dreams in blink tags. I saw a page that was all Comic Sans and dancing babies. At least the under construction signs make sense now. Fixing it with a user agent switch feels like giving your browser a time machine costume.