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Google's 1990's experience: http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/ (click the I/O logo)

I'm going to start adding this retro "Get Chrome" banner to my sites. I wish it was animated, though.

http://www.google.com/events/io/2011/static/img/1998/get-chr...

Google Helvetica: http://www.google.com/search?q=Helvetica

The aliased fonts made me think I'm having a deja vu experience.

-webkit-font-smoothing: none;

Thanks! I was checking the comments just to find out how they managed to get the non-antiliased windows-xp like fonts :)

I LOVE the blinking "NEW" by Hulu Plus.

Brilliant. And incredibly well done. Slow image loads, old internet references, a page counter in the double-digits and a guest book, blinking and scrolling text... utterly fantastic :D

This page makes me feel nostalgic for the days when the web was a much smaller place.

   <meta name="description" content="Hulu.com is a video service on the 
  World Wide Web that offers hit TV shows including X-Files and Newsradio.
  Our extensive library also includes classic TV series and blockbuster movies.
  Dial up and start watching now.  No CD-ROM required." />

It really is the little touches that make this so awesome. A lot of would-be pranksters settle for the quick first impression hit and then move on. But the deeper you dig here the more fun you find. From the grainy images to the IE and Netscape buttonsat the bottom its pure 90s

(My favorite bit is clicking on the "Sign our Guestbook" at the bottom)

The best part is how they simulated progressively loading images at dial-up speed using GIF's in the banner.

They also used an open graph meta tag, too. So people can easily share the prank on Facebook, presumably. A little ironic.

:'-( I miss the X-Files and the old Web.

::Sigh:: With the exception of the marquee element, I prefer HTML3.2-style designs...

Why?

To some degree, I think unabused HTML 3.2 was less noisy than unabused HTML 5.0...

...but maybe it's really about plain, dumb, and irrational nostalgia.

http://www.dejavu.org/ for the old web and its browsers

http://michaelv.org/ for win 3.1

OK, this is my favorite of the day. The only thing they're missing is an animated "under construction" gif.

Scroll down in the bottom frame :)

There's a cassette reference, a beeper mention, Netscape 3.0 and 21 Jump Street. This is a winner.

I love the GeoCities reference and the under construction guy (aka Sticklyman).

Very cool. I normally despise April Fool's, but this made today worth it.

Missing a blink tag, but I think this was the best one today.

Now I really want to see Kids in the Hall!

Much faster! They should really switch to this.

Pure html awesomeness!!!

even the images load slowly! (try going left or right...)

Brought a tear to my eye. You can't see it under these mirrorshades.

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