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Re:Mars Pathfinder Mission Home Page (1997) by stonogo on Sunday December 04, 2016 @01:35PM (#13101093)
The difference is this site has, at the very top, a link embedded in the sentence "Here is an all text version of this page."

So while your comparison is apt, the difference is that bad web programmers no longer pretend to care, which is the underlying cause of the nostalgic bitching.

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Re:Mars Pathfinder Mission Home Page (1997) by avar on Sunday December 04, 2016 @01:54PM (#13101196)
That's because "all text" was an actual accessibility concern back then, so you'd see that just like you'd see a "mobile" version now.*

It doesn't mean that web programmers care less, it just means technology moved on.

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