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glideslope
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Jul 31, 2011, 03:55 PM
 
Was reorganizing the basement Apple Museum today and went back in time reading my eWorld documentation.

Anyone use eWorld? What are your memories? I thought the concept was cool at the time. It was different from todays Facebook type media. Would it have become another Facebook if it had made it?

Would you like to see a 2012 version, and if so, how would we interact with it? What would it offer? Touch interface?
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Jul 31, 2011, 03:59 PM
 
I totally used it, nearly from the beginning to the moment it was shut down. I miss eWorld. It was awesome, the people didn't suck and it was small and fun.
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Jul 31, 2011, 04:02 PM
 
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Jul 31, 2011, 04:40 PM
 
Oh my eWorld! Man this always comes up here and there every year in the Apple community. Back when this kind of stuff looked cute and like a cartoon. Social media the way it should be? Does eWorld make Google+ look like a droopy eyed armless child?
     
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Jul 31, 2011, 05:25 PM
 
Originally Posted by bstone View Post
I totally used it, nearly from the beginning to the moment it was shut down. I miss eWorld. It was awesome, the people didn't suck and it was small and fun.
Yes, the people were so nice.
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Jul 31, 2011, 09:09 PM
 
How was it different from 1990s AOL (on which it was based)? I never got around to trying it, unfortunately.

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Aug 1, 2011, 11:04 AM
 
I was a member also form almost the beginning until it shut down. I don't remember much about it other than the people did seem nice. The whole village concept was cool and I liked the soft, childlike GUI compared to the garishness that was prodigy- where I switched from.

One of my favorite bits was the integration with the Newton. Ahhhh... some of my favorite dead-end technology rolled into one.
     
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Aug 1, 2011, 12:33 PM
 
How was the Newton integrated?

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Aug 1, 2011, 05:49 PM
 
I still have the install cd.
     
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Aug 1, 2011, 06:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
How was the Newton integrated?
Not as exciting as you might think- at least by today's standards, but at the time I think it might have been the only way to do email on a newton. I remember the drama when they announced eWorld going away they had to update the Newton to allow AOL email.

I don't remember if there was anything else you could do eWorld wise, but back then, email from a handheld device was the bomb.
     
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Aug 2, 2011, 10:21 AM
 
Originally Posted by bstone View Post
I totally used it, nearly from the beginning to the moment it was shut down. I miss eWorld. It was awesome, the people didn't suck and it was small and fun.
I second that!
It was my first contact to the internet and also the only time when I tried a one-on-one chat with a complete stranger (from New York as far as I remember)...
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Aug 4, 2011, 08:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by ctt1wbw View Post
I still have the install cd.
Ditto.

Also have it installed on a Performa 630 CD covered on a shelf. Man, I was hot to pick up that 630. It came with a CD DRIVE!!!!
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Aug 15, 2011, 11:06 AM
 
Originally Posted by glideslope View Post
Ditto.

Also have it installed on a Performa 630 CD covered on a shelf. Man, I was hot to pick up that 630. It came with a CD DRIVE!!!!
Ah I had one of those! Beautiful 040LC machine.

I have fond memories.
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