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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 05:38:44 JST Jason Evangelho

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   I still adore this screenshot.

   Also, some interesting @thunderbird trivia: In 2004, internet access wasn't nearly as widespread as it is now, so Mozilla offered to send installation CD-ROMs to users for $5.95.

   #WindowsXP #Firefox #Thunderbird #History

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 06:10:20 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Manawyrm | Sarah

     @manawyrm I still have vivid, painful memories of "huge" failed downloads back in the day. I totally forgot that some ISPs billed by the minute!

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     Manawyrm | Sarah (manawyrm@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 06:10:22 JST Manawyrm | Sarah

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     • Kevin Russell

     @kevinrns @killyourfm @thunderbird and was billed by the minute! so that download cost real money and that failed attempt was expensive and annoying!

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     Kevin Russell (kevinrns@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 06:10:24 JST Kevin Russell

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     @killyourfm @thunderbird

     Internet access was" limited" by bandwidth, 56k is slow compared to 300 meg download speeds.

     Connections could also go sideways, ruining a 600Meg download that took 2 hours, only to be useless.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 06:18:00 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Manawyrm | Sarah

     @manawyrm I was over here using Limewire and Kazaa like a peasant. 😂

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     Manawyrm | Sarah (manawyrm@chaos.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 06:18:01 JST Manawyrm | Sarah

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     @killyourfm over here, your ISP _and_ your phone provider billed by the minute :<
     that was annoying. quickly got the first download manager tools that could resume downloads.

     edonkey was also pretty nice (well, mostly for illicit stuff) but the download mechanism was pretty robust and could resume/survive a broken connection.

     yeah, that first 768kBit/s line (much later) was a real win!

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     Johan Wassberg 🦭 (theseal@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:21:27 JST Johan Wassberg 🦭

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     @killyourfm @thunderbird

     I have my Mozilla CD-ROM from Firefox 1.0 almost framed 😊

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:21:27 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Johan Wassberg 🦭

     @theseal @thunderbird That is incredible!

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:35:03 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Angela Scholder

     @AngelaScholder @thunderbird A whole 1 Mbps download speed? Nice! In 2004 I think I had 256kbps down.

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     Angela Scholder (angelascholder@mastodon.energy)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:35:04 JST Angela Scholder

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     @killyourfm @thunderbird in 2004 I think we were on 1Mbps down and 256kbps up.
     Quite an upgrade from the ISDN TA or before that the 14k4 to later 56k modems.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:35:38 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Poppy (Back from tha dead) :neofox_flag_trans:

     @radmin @thunderbird They felt ahead of their time back then (to me, anyway)

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     Poppy (Back from tha dead) :neofox_flag_trans: (radmin@limepeeps.perchinup.top)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 23:35:39 JST Poppy (Back from tha dead) :neofox_flag_trans:

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     @killyourfm@layer8.space @thunderbird@mastodon.online Huh, the setup art for both programs would fit in today. It looks nice and modern... :neofox_think_owo:

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     J.V.B. (denjohn@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 02:32:18 JST J.V.B.

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     @thunderbird @killyourfm
     WAIT A SECOND....
     This is just you replying to yourself isn't it?

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 02:32:18 JST Jason Evangelho

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     @DenJohn HAHA! Ok, I've been known to do that... but this time it was @communiteatime who runs the Thunderbird accounts alongside me.

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     Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox (thunderbird@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 02:32:19 JST Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

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     @killyourfm This is totally the Fediverse equivalent of your mom sharing your baby pictures - and we are 100% here for it! 🐣 🤣