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Browse the modern web on historical browsers

Shown by ttalvitie on Jun 21, 2020. Click the card to turn it over.

193points

31comments

#288of 3,028 in 2020

Top 10%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

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Delightful nostalgia for old Windows and IE6
From 1 comment
- This is delightful! As someone who really, really liked Win2000 before switching to Mac, getting to browse the web on an NT/IE6 is a wonderful nostalgia trip (especially when you…
  livatlantis on HN
Useful for browsing on old devices
From 1 comment
- Oh THAT way round, that's super cool! I was thinking the other way.. "See what that stinking pile of javascript and css looks like in Mosaic", but, this is actually useful! :D
  dusted on HN
Cool reverse of the usual idea
From 2 comments
- Oh THAT way round, that's super cool! I was thinking the other way.. "See what that stinking pile of javascript and css looks like in Mosaic", but, this is actually useful! :D
  dusted on HN
- This seems like a modern equivalent of Google Chrome Frame[1], pretty cool! [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_Frame
  empyrical on HN

Modern HTTPS and encryption fail on old browsers
From 1 comment
- Most pages just flat out don't work, since they are HTTPS only, and the new encryption algorithms don't work, and the servers don't downgrade. With better security for 99.9%…
  shp0ngle on HN
Performance may be slower than native rendering with pixel streaming
From 1 comment
- Not entirely sure of the architecture of this app, after a quick look. Using CEF and C++, with a client and a proxy. But where does the CEF sit, and how is it controlled by the…
  mongojunction on HN

How is the browser controlled by the client and where does CEF sit?
From 1 comment
- Not entirely sure of the architecture of this app, after a quick look. Using CEF and C++, with a client and a proxy. But where does the CEF sit, and how is it controlled by the…
  mongojunction on HN
Does it imagemap the links?
From 1 comment
- Does it imagemap the links?
  rkagerer on HN

Web Rendering Proxy (WRP)
From 1 comment
- As the Readme notes, a similar project is the Web Rendering Proxy (WRP) - https://github.com/tenox7/wrp, however the two projects differ in their use (or lack of) JavaScript: >…
  betamaxthetape on HN
Browsh
From 1 comment
- So this pre-renders modern websites in a proxy server, so older browsers can read them? Is that correct? Reminds me of [1] "Browsh", which is a service that pre-renders a URL for…
  gitgud on HN
Opera Mini
From 1 comment
- This reminds me of Opera Mini (not the same as Opera Mobile). It server-side rendered pages (on Opera servers), and converted them to a lightweight HTML page (with OPML extension…
  Ayesh on HN
Mighty
From 1 comment
- Something somewhat related is Mighty by Suhail Doshi, cofounder of Mixpanel and eventually pushed out from the CEO position, but that's irrelevant. Mighty is Chrome but…
  satvikpendem on HN
theoldnet.com
From 1 comment
- If you want to do the reverse, browse the old web on modern browsers, go to https://theoldnet.com It uses the Wayback Machine as its backend, but with tweaks so the site appears…
  LeoPanthera on HN