1995 Guide to Surfing the Internet And it is Brilliant!

By FizX on June 20, 2015@fizx

Gizmodo recently posted some pages from a book that they came across called You Can Surf The Net, a how-to guide from the year 1995, it is unbelievable, it is like we are from the future and now looking back into the past and trying to learn something which we aced it already!

It goes over some great stuff like tips on how to avoid being ‘flamed,’ which was defined in 1995 as being when “people fill your electronic mailbox with angry messages telling you what they think of you.”

“Not only was the web small enough to put all of its notable websites and chatrooms in one easy to read index, but doing so was actually seen as valuable. The author even had enough leftover space to include a handful of websites he thought were a complete waste of time.”