Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online

6/4/2025, 6:07:18 PM

Public

Remember those "best experienced with [browser name]" badges?

"MTV's revamped World Wide Web site for MTV contains a heavy amount of original music content and a unique Web browser design. [...] Some of the site's best content, including a grossly
appealing game with Beavis & Butt-head, is designed exclusively for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser."

https://cybercultural.com/p/browser-war-1990s/

#internet #TheWeb #InternetHistory #technology #cyberculture

Best Experienced With: MTV.com and the 90s Browser War

MTV's website in 1997 was a hodgepodge of technologies: Java, JavaScript, frames and more. The quality of your user experience depended on which browser you used: Netscape or IE.

cybercultural.com · Cybercultural

Link author: Richard MacManus@ricmac@mastodon.social

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