another internet thing kids wont experience is toolbar stacking:
This shit was barbaric even for 2001
Before Chrome was a thing, we had the Google Toolbar, a tumor found on things like Internet Explorer and Firefox that eventually sprouted legs and became its own bloated browser, eating up RAM like it was free candy.
The thing is? They weren’t the first. Everyone and their brother had a stupid toolbar in the early to mid 00′s that didn’t really do much.
In some respects it was like advertising you inflicted upon yourself. Screen real estate was at a premium, and we cluttered it up with nonsense for the sake of… who the hell knows.
I’m glad we’ve left that era behind, but we’ve also managed to find new ways to bloat our internet experience with unnecessary crap.
