# What was your favorite 90's tech moment? **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 23, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377 "2025-07-23T04:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/1 "2025-07-23T04:25:02Z")
I am almost certain most of you grew up with (or discovered) tech in the 1990’s. Post your favorite moment here. For bonus points, post a screenshot instead! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AlteredEgg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/alteredegg/32/29830_2.png) [@AlteredEgg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlteredEgg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/2 "2025-07-23T16:48:20Z")
I have fond memories of creating a website using Adobe PageMill. I wanted a button to make a sound when I clicked on it and I asked on a forum and some amazing wizard sent me Javascript code that would play an .au file on click. A short while later, my other fond memory is when FutureWave software released the FutureSplash plugin. I built a website using that. Later that became Flash, and the start of many opportunities for me, eventually starting Confidant Communications. ---
**Author:** ![AlteredEgg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/alteredegg/32/29830_2.png) [@AlteredEgg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlteredEgg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/3 "2025-07-23T16:51:51Z")
Oh and a full page screen shot… ![screenshot](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/9/1/918b423b063832a0554443d24666856a36b0f1d9.png) ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/4 "2025-07-23T23:05:54Z")
@AlteredEgg - that is amazing! That you have a video of it after all these years is even more so 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AlteredEgg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/alteredegg/32/29830_2.png) [@AlteredEgg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlteredEgg)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/5 "2025-07-23T23:17:28Z")
@kirupa Thanks! I had the site archived and was able to open the swf and record it using QuickTime player. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/6 "2025-07-24T13:59:20Z")
You should consider hosting the SWF file again and use the Ruffle player to have it work on all of our browsers 😀 ---
**Author:** ![AlteredEgg](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/alteredegg/32/29830_2.png) [@AlteredEgg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/AlteredEgg)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/7 "2025-07-24T16:26:26Z")
Well, I’m not ready to re-publish that site but I can tickle your Ruffle fancy a little… > **[Robocow 1 Animation](https://www.confidant.ca/demo/robocow1/)** > **[Robocow 2 Animation](https://www.confidant.ca/demo/robocow2/)** Ruffle drops a few things like shape tweening but overall is not too bad. ---
**Author:** ![evelynnmimijae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@evelynnmimijae](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/evelynnmimijae)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/8 "2025-07-25T16:45:59Z")
In general, AIM and Yahoo! chat. ---
**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/9 "2025-07-31T21:30:15Z")
I’ve said it before, but 3Dmm baby! > **[3D Movie Maker](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Movie_Maker)** > > 3D Movie Maker (commonly shortened to 3DMM) is a children's computer program developed by Microsoft Home's Microsoft Kids subsidiary released in 1995. Using the program, users can make films by placing 3D characters and props into pre-rendered environments, as well as adding actions, sound effects, music, text, speech and special effects. Movies are then saved in the .3mm file format. > The program features two helper characters to guide users through the various features of the program: The cha... ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/10 "2025-08-01T02:54:07Z")
Bonus points if you remember your screenname on AIM! Mine was **kirupacom**. Not very original, I know. ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/11 "2025-08-01T03:08:06Z")
haha! I loved that tool. I never knew what to do with it, but it was on my computer and I tried it out just for fun 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SatishK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SatishK](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SatishK)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/12 "2026-04-28T07:49:05Z")
The birth of Google which was started by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a search engine “BackRub” in 1996 to be christened as Google in 1998 which revolutionized the way we find information. ---
**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-90s-tech-moment/676377/13 "2026-04-28T08:28:22Z")
Before Google, web search was basically AltaVista + praying. Half the time you’d end up on some Geocities page with a blinking “under construction” gif instead of the thing you actually needed.