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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes! I remember this happening a lot, and I could never really truly understand the thought process behind it! But the thing is, this is still happening today, just in different context, and it's still equally as baffling!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It just means that they called their browser “the internet” right? Or am I missing something here?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It was an actual icon:

(found the image here https://mastodon.social/@benjedwards/11031604817437112)

I don't remember what it did though. I think it wasn't the browser, and I have a vague memory it wasn't for dial up either, but my memory's shit so I personally wouldn't trust me on that

Edit: had to look this up, it was IE. I think I didn't remember it because I never really used IE since I started off with NCSA Mosaic and then Netscape