Eryn Wells personal blog

Netscape Meteors

erynwells.me 1 min read

I went on a small journey the last couple days to find the original Netscape Navigator “meteors” animation. This one has a special place in my head and heart because it is so clearly connected to my memories of discovering the web as a kid. Here it is in its original 60×60 px glory:

Points

404

HN comments

122

Submissions

1

Cited by

0 commenters

History & Retro ComputingSociety, Policy & Culture2023

Related posts from the same era

Gordon Moore has died

GGordon and Betty Moore Foundation20232,594 points234 comments details

Do svidaniya, Igor, and thank you for Nginx

NGINX Blog20221,384 points346 comments details

Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read the first scroll

Vesuvius Challenge20241,374 points215 commentscited by 5 details

Lorinda Cherry, author of dc, bc, eqn has died

NCWIT20221,291 points185 comments details

As I retire, my goal now is to release 40+ years of source code

DDave Dunfield20231,227 points323 comments details

Can’t send email more than 500 miles (2002)

MIT20231,164 points617 commentscited by 50 details