Probably a reference to there being more than just HTTP. There was protocols like Gopher and tech like Usenet which were kinda precursors to HTTP and the WWW for information sharing/reading/communicating.
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LoveEspresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc 6 days agoWhat does this mean ?
allywilson@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
People used other protocols to communicate on the internet (FTP, Gopher, Usenet, telnet, etc…). The web (http) came later, and grew pretty slowly in the beginning, though some were smart enough to see where the web was headed and started domain squatting from get go.
palordrolap@fedia.io 6 days ago
FTP was in its heyday for obtaining files. Usenet was the place to be for grouped content.
Old Gopher information services were mostly dead by '99 but there were still a few holdouts.
E-mail in actual mail clients reigned supreme.
Also, depending of what you think of as "web" these days, most old web stuff was basically just nice-looking text with graphics thrown in and maybe a little JavaScript here and there, not full blown interactive experiences and applications like we have now.
False@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I remember Gmail being revolutionary for being able to load new content without reloading the whole page. Also a lot of people thought it was fake because 1gb of storage was a ridiculous amount - hot mail offered lined 5mb total or something at the time