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Post #AyLEDFcwoBMJAyjKim by [email protected] |
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Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago today.This version introduced … |
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Post #AyLEcwYmK3YZZM1zt2 by [email protected] |
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@jwz congratulations |
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Post #AyLFRTJsnSDPeQ9q8e by [email protected] |
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@jwz I remember being *so* excited with the addition of frames. |
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Post #AyLFX5R0VugpJIARYe by [email protected] |
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@jwz I remember this well. I'd put up my first web site a year prior (using… |
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Post #AyLFXLwn7VcYWVA3Jw by [email protected] |
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@jwz that was a good day.Kinda massive indictment on 30 years of subsequent sof… |
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Post #AyLFnVQrcfS8ZdvhfU by [email protected] |
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@jwz I remember taking half an hour and crossing my fingers to get that to down… |
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Post #AyLIXUpOOyA9vdSba4 by [email protected] |
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@jwz I have a distinct memory of sitting at my 486, upgrading from mosaic, to g… |
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Post #AyLIZyJpj4QFyLsZlo by [email protected] |
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@jwz still using Thunderbird mainly because I got so used to the Netscape Mail … |
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Post #AyLIakbYCV7DjCXP3A by [email protected] |
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@jwz I do miss Netscape 1.4, 2.0 was just crap IMHO. |
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Post #AyLIcb5cY2uCnTU1kO by [email protected] |
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@jwz First browser to have tabs, yeah? |
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Post #AyLIi4GJVrt2io5qym by [email protected] |
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@jwz what version added background images? I remember shortly after that was a… |
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Post #AyLIktbdaXvSXcPr0q by [email protected] |
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@jwz I loved the 2.x/3.x mail/usenet client, despite plenty of fellow nerds urg… |
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Post #AyLJ5yrRFKA4v6rQbA by [email protected] |
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@jwz If you could send yourself back in time, knowing how the web and marca tur… |
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Post #AyLL2sTsi5JIAlUSaO by [email protected] |
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@dhess Sort-of covered in Previously: https://jwz.org/b/ykbD |
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Post #AyLL2sacJ2hKVedq5I by [email protected] |
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@jwz No notes. I think of that HST quote at least once a month. |
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Post #AyLOKIfIuWHEAPpfNI by [email protected] |
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@jwz cheers Jamie.I loved the comment about your previous boss - and I learned … |
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Post #AyLOLg6XFXZ59UE77Y by [email protected] |
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@jwz JavaScript was a mistake.But man progressive JPEG and Netscape Mail & … |
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Post #AyLOM2EmxXErnSG12W by [email protected] |
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JavaScript is good now sir or maam or however you identify. |
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Post #AyLOQi5xHAUAm2M3X6 by [email protected] |
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@jwz @nullagent And now look up what has become of #Andreessen in the mean time… |
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Post #AyLORUGaAxVWAthDlI by [email protected] |
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@jwz did you have to code the support for audio files and stuff yourself or was… |
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Post #AyLOWRNcKqY4fcLfqi by [email protected] |
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@jwz @pixel loading animation still lives rent free in my head. |
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Post #AyLOXD6ws7jghov2X2 by [email protected] |
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@Sonikku @jwz 100%! |
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Post #AyLOZKN6qdV7nsUIPQ by [email protected] |
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@jwz Yes, such nice features, but even all together do they measure up to the a… |
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Post #AyLOc247Mo8FtctV8C by [email protected] |
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@jwz hell yeah Netscape 2.0 was awesome |
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Post #AyLP7kOIcERELXSNXM by [email protected] |
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@angst_ridden @jwz Same here, but it also reminds me of the myriad visual and d… |
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Post #AyLP81fwLteNxAqCtU by [email protected] |
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@jwz useful gifs? never heard of that before... |
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Post #AyLP9TjbVy3dGbFP6G by [email protected] |
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@jwz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7FTjhvZ7YPS: jung jwz can be seen :-) |
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Post #AyLPACprpWo193WXbs by [email protected] |
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@jwz wrote:> In our defense, if we hadn't done [JavaScript], MICROS~1 wo… |
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Post #AyLPGaGRdTldXrzqNM by [email protected] |
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@jwz ok NOW I feel old |
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Post #AyLQhemz1Ks3Lrgnjs by [email protected] |
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@Rgsharpe I still have a site online (if hard to find) that I created in ‘94 … |
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Post #AyLQiVBEERA7q7QtkW by [email protected] |
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@musevg @jwz @nullagent Oh no. |
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Post #AyLQmc3waJqsLMzBIW by [email protected] |
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@jwz somewhere around here I have my website button done as a reaction to Netsc… |
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Post #AyLQoCvB1yfAwqe4sS by [email protected] |
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@jwz @tsherrygeo Happy Heavenly Birthday, Netscape Navigator! Look what you sta… |
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Post #AyLQofOv8z5nHCmE7s by [email protected] |
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@jwz I was a Netscape user in '95 and still have an install of a latter rel… |
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Post #AyLQovCOPKZuGz2Rou by [email protected] |
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@jwz There's some memories. I seen to remember that RealAudio worked quite … |
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Post #AyLUQSBB39Nh8Y3fXM by [email protected] |
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@jwz Thanks! My first tech job was for a dialup ISP. We used to distribute Nets… |
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Post #AyLUSPOUNOvR4sDVaK by [email protected] |
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@jwz where has the time gone |
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Post #AyLUSs1nup0jsupIki by [email protected] |
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@jwz animated GIFs were the business. I immediately set about animating some lo… |
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Post #AyLUT1CPojqYKQrP2e by [email protected] |
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@Sonikku @jwz @pixel I used to have a plugin to put it in Firefox but it stoppe… |
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Post #AyLUT6EN6tNlvwoXHk by [email protected] |
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@jwz They were good clients 🫡 |
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Post #AyLUTMciAAMIm4KCRc by [email protected] |
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@jwz thank you. |
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Post #AyLbNEdfdTbDx6nXwu by [email protected] |
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@angst_ridden Oh, to be young and apparently completely lacking in aesthetic se… |
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Post #AyLbONlbBT80YG3NfE by [email protected] |
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@Nfoonf The plugin architecture was basically: "Here's a rectangle for… |
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Post #AyLbOuBEfgeJ52IJ4C by [email protected] |
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@nlarson830 @jwz Disputed by Opera (the real one using Presto and currently kno… |
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Post #AyLhaKlKmMQmQy0niK by [email protected] |
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@jwz I did such terrible things with frames on my homepage |
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Post #AyLmZOk8zbCiGGpQDA by [email protected] |
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@jwz Was Netscape Mail and News what became Communicator? |
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Post #AyLndnyLEXoHcW8OQK by [email protected] |
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@lopta "Became" is doing a lot of work there. Confusicator was the Co… |
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Post #AyLntrnolDCK8Is3Ie by [email protected] |
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@jwz Ah ok. I might know it if I saw it. |
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Post #AyLoLRa7qIIUv1cGMi by [email protected] |
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@jwz The cool thing about Netscape is that even though it was commercial softwa… |
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Post #AyLoNySmYoi5TiO7DU by [email protected] |
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@Sonikku @jwz @pixel Childhood memories! The time I spent watching this loop wi… |
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Post #AyLoPE53ys5ECjtH4i by [email protected] |
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@jwz Much of that code is still working today! Maybe it shouldn't be, but i… |
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Post #AyLoRjUGBRKwBls5Mu by [email protected] |
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@jwz hey you reminded us, we probably should have thanked you years ago for wri… |
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Post #AyLoUeDsDEmAjMb3SK by [email protected] |
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@jwz feels like yesterday! |
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Post #AyLoVt1oeRsowGY0qu by [email protected] |
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@jwz twas my browser of choice along with my Sega master system and genesis (ak… |
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Post #AyLoXtMgN4FkYtGQam by [email protected] |
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@Sonikku @jwz @pixel We all stepped away from the light when we removed throbbe… |
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Post #AyLoYzMhY0flSdnP3w by [email protected] |
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@the5thColumnist It wasn't just beta versions. It was "free for person… |
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Post #AyLoaI7bITipvGLzGq by [email protected] |
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@jwz the best browser even had an animated logo. Does anyone nowadays have a co… |
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Post #AyLodD7AMxvDGKXhDs by [email protected] |
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@jwz man, watching those progressive JPEG‘s load was way better than waiting … |
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Post #AyLogc1SDdj1NiUc76 by [email protected] |
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@jwz I'm kind of sad I won't be able to enjoy this like I did when I wa… |
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Post #AyMA9xpoIabySxsqwa by [email protected] |
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@dhess @jwz 💣💣💣 |
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Post #AyMAR5FLziTINQzjYu by [email protected] |
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@Rgsharpe @angst_ridden @jwz frames and animated gifs were the scourge of the e… |
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Post #AyMAUCGmL7Hx1k964u by [email protected] |
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@mhd Perhaps this will help: https://web.archive.org/web/19970614045113/http%3A… |
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Post #AyMAVGjnDHiHAqECSu by [email protected] |
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@funcrunch @jwz Are you me? |
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Post #AyMAVrMh28Diluhm64 by [email protected] |
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@nlarson830 there was a browser called InternetWorks that had tabs and panes ar… |
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Post #AyMAWzuSkYpFYv2jS4 by [email protected] |
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@Sonikku @jwz @pixel I have a Firefox extension that puts this back in the tool… |
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Post #AyMAcsBOOKeNKplONM by [email protected] |
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@angst_ridden @Rgsharpe I was there: man that was a whole new world before mone… |
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Post #AyMAcsJBvKt9j1PcX2 by [email protected] |
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@PabloMartini @angst_ridden @Rgsharpe I wrote my first web page in 1995, figuri… |
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Post #AyMIROSlLdmrbmvR32 by [email protected] |
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@christineburns @angst_ridden @Rgsharpe it was fun reducing graphics to make th… |
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Post #AyOakn9VxpWPAuF2GG by [email protected] |
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@jwz Sigh, I still have fond strong memories of Netscape Mail. |
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Post #AyObl5xM9S7hRrGN84 by [email protected] |
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@jwz ☝️ To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Netscape Navigator 2.0 here is… |
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Post #AyRHMUl3O5NtWKNflo by [email protected] |
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@amoroso @jwz I remember when you could pay for a browser and it would respect … |
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Post #AyRHMUr51gClp1CUAC by [email protected] |
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@chrisp I miss those times. |
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@jwz But did Mail and News support BBDB? Not that I recall. I think I was still… |
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Post #AyRSA1aj6LEX5Bo4LQ by [email protected] |
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@jwd630 In fact, it did. $NS_MSG_DISPLAY_HOOKhttps://manpages.debian.org/unstab… |
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Post #AyWc8Wcgj4YQ4vRnto by [email protected] |
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@jwz > Anyway this also meant it was the first easy-to-use program that let … |
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Post #AyfoqQSDyCwVYotNeC by [email protected] |
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@jwz Oh yegods, frames. The horrible things I... er, we all did with frames for… |
