It won’t save bandwidth though, since it’s dependency is whole Firefox - i imagine it just rastresize it’s web rendering…so everything will be downloaded anyways 
However…lynx will https://lynx.invisible-island.net/
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CIS. CompuServe Information Systems.
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ahh that was the name I was looking for… I am not that old (I guess, age is relative) but used compuserve as a kid 
how about getting time on university machines to telnet into text-base MUDs
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Yes, that should be relative.
In my short life so far, the browser I witnessed was IE on windows 7 
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In my time, having a computer was luxury. I got my computer when I was in class 3rd or 4th. From that time, I am still using that computer on which I had installed EndeavourOS.
Back in the day, you were fairly anonymous online. I miss those days.
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IRC (and most famously mIRC)
Flash animations
The modem’s song of communion with the world wide web.
Huge internet cafes with plenty of stations as not a lot of people had “the Internet”.
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“Internet Love Song,” from 1998, incorporating the sound of a dial-up modem:
Bad lyrics for a bad song, but they're historically interesting
F1 means I love you
F2, sorry I’ve got to go
F3 means I’m lonely
F4 means you know
F5 means I’m empty
I know exactly what you mean
F9, I can feel you
I’m touching my lips to the screen
Reach me on the e-mail
Fax a valentine
I download your affection
I’m caught in your web sight [gun sight, I guess; a pun on website]
In the virtual café
We drank 10 megabytes of wine
You were drunk and I got lucky
Cybersex tonight
[The music becomes louder at this point, and the lyrics harder to discern]
You clear your database file
And erase me from your memory
Except mine was in the military.
Also, Archie, WAIS (IIRC), BBS to talk about D&D, push banner software that provided you ticker type info (news, weather, sales…), LAN parties (Quake I & II).
While you had more anonymity, I feel that in those days I personally felt more connected with people from around the world than today. Many people were willing to listen and have heated but cordial debate, especially on D&D BBS’s/forums.
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Today’s Question(s) of the Day:
Who is your favorite movie actor or actress that you never get tired of watching?
Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Cary Grant.
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None. I am more into characters they play. i.e. Jason Bourne, Jack Ryan, Neo, Trinity…
Al Pacino, Denzil Washington, Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicolson
Robin Williams (depending on the role) or Julia Andrews.
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Today’s Questions of the Day:
You meet your 13-year-old self, but you can only tell them 3 words. What do you say and why?
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HONK-HONK-HONK!!!
P.S. Coz you have to be ready for 
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Don’t buy bitcoin!
because I usually do the opposite of what I’m told.
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