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Re:HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road by knodi123 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:34AM (#14399014)
> which as the proud owner of ex.net

haha, that page is a priceless timecapsule:

Use the Java applet below to search ExNet's main Web pages.

When the ``Status'' indicator stops flashing and says ``Idle'', type key words in the ``Search for:'' box.

The ``Results:'' box will show you the documents that matched your key words, the best matches coming first in the list. Click on any line in the ``Results:'' box, and that document should appear in a new browser window in a few seconds. When you are finished with that document, you can close it without killing your browser.

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Re:HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road by DamonHD on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:51AM (#14399085)
That code did search-by-word from (IIRC before Google existed, ie Netscape 2) right up until Java applets were dropped, across all compliant browsers AFAIK. It did roughly what G's live search now does.
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