Oh, I remember those days so well.
I got my first computer in early January of 1995. I actually recall when Star Trek Voyager had some kind of website. I can't recall what is was exactly, but compared to today, the site was so shabby and bland.
Websites always used Times New Roman on their sites. There was rarely ever some other font and there was the occasional picture somewhere. Hearing music on a site was rare, and when you'd find a site that had videos to watch, they were of the lowest quality and so tiny!
I can still remember exactly what it sounded like when you would connect to AOL using your pitiful 56K modem. Hell, I play Final Fantasy Online and I have a friend on there that I talk to and he gets a lot of lag. I say to him one time, "Why are you lagging so badly?" "I'm on dialup!" I'm like, "WTF?! That still exists?!"
It's amazing to see how far the web has come when you think about it. To me, it still feels like it's a relatively new thing.
Also, referencing a post from above, I can recall when ordering things online was a bit scary. Hell, even today, my parents still have some reservations about it. I can recall the very first time I ordered an item off Amazon and was so nervous that someone was going to have my credit card information in seconds. Now, I find myself ordering things online more than I do going into the actual stores!
It'll be funny someday. Right now, I'm 24 years old and if I ever have kids it'll be hysterical if, say, twenty years from now, "Back in my day when I used the web!"
And, to quote postman Cliff Claven from an episode of
Frasier,
"Yeah, well, e-mail did hurt us, but the computer's gonna be dead in about five years anyway. The post office will rise again, my friend, will rise again!"
