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Make the Internet Great Again… Again?
Hey everyone, I'm Alex.
There‘s so many new faces, I'm pretty sure some of you have no idea who I am.
Which is fine. Sometimes I'm not entirely sure myself.
I work on our macOS browser. And I thought I'd make it greater again.
Again?
[Pause]
They say Jesus was a hacker. Turned water into wine. Accepted some cookies. Not bad for a Hack Days project!
[Start the screen sharing with https://infiniteslop.ai/ open]
But seriously. What's happening to the world?
AI everywhere. Too much information. Everything looks the same.
[https://liquid-glass-eta.vercel.app/webgl.html]
Everything is a Liquid Ass. And BEIGE!
Sometimes I just want to burn it all down.
[Click Fire — show the new fire animation]
MUCH better!
Let's do it again!
[Click Fire — show the new fire animation]
Where shall we Start now?
[Click Start]
Sometimes you just want to run away, back to something familiar.
[Click Run → enter Bookmark search mode]
Something that keeps you going.
[Enter Going -> open DuckDuckGoing bookmark]
Or Search for happiness
[Run → Search]
[type "ducklings", show results]
Like Ducks. The internet still has good stuff.
Or maybe you just need someone to talk to.
[Run → AI — open Duck.ai -> ask "Is it normal to miss the internet from 1998?"]**
But maybe the problem isn't the internet.
Maybe it's how we see it.
I wish I could change the settings of my life.
[Open Settings]
Change how the world Appears.
[Appearance]
What if we could go back?
Back before everything became glass. Back when buttons looked like buttons. Windows looked like windows. And you could actually tell where one thing ended and another began.
[Select Retro theme]
Something like THIS.
[Open New Tab Page]
Smells like Christmas mornings, hot chocolate, and mandarins. Back when everybody we miss were still around…
Maa, can I miss the school today?
[Open https://www.spacejam.com/1996/]
Remember when websites had personality? When every page felt like a place someone had actually built?
And speaking of the little things…
[Shrink browser window; Hover over a link near the bottom-left corner]
Even the link tooltip knows when it's in your way now, and moves out of the way.
Imagine that — a UI element that actually respects your space.
Respects your privacy...
You just need to Start
[Click Start]
And ask for Help.
[Click Help]
And here you go.
Your protection. Your privacy. Your peace of mind.