Throwback

Remember when the internet looked like this? Throwback sends the sites you use every day back to their classic years. Flip a switch and the page changes instantly, no reload and nothing to set up. 📺 YOUTUBE → 2009 • The old header, the grey tab bar and "Broadcast Yourself" • The title above a 640px player, in a fixed 960px layout • ★★★★★ star ratings and exact view counts ("440,627,980 views") • "From:" and "Added:" under the video, the yellow Subscribe button • "Related Videos" with small thumbnails • No Shorts. They didn't exist yet. 📼 VHS MODE • Turn any YouTube video into a home recording • Tracking lines, scanlines and washed-out colour • PLAY ▶ / PAUSE ❚❚ / ◀◀ REW on-screen display, with a glitch when you skip • SP tape counter and a camcorder date stamp showing the day the video was uploaded • Works in fullscreen 🐦 X → TWITTER 2010 • The bird and the "twitter" wordmark are back • Tweet, Retweet and ☆ Favorite instead of Post, Repost and Like • "about 2 hours ago" timestamps, Trending Topics, Who To Follow • The sky-blue background, clouds included • Hides things that didn't exist in 2010 (view counts, bookmarks and more) 🔎 GOOGLE → 2008 • The classic homepage with "I'm Feeling Lucky" • Your real search results, drawn the 2008 way: blue links, green URLs, bold search words • The Goooooooooogle page numbers • "Cached" opens the page as it looked in 2008, via the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine ✉️ GMAIL → 2004 (beta) • "Gmail BETA by Google", the old blue rows and a plain "Compose Mail" link • The famous storage counter, ticking upward PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No accounts, no tracking, no analytics • Nothing you see or type ever leaves your computer • The only thing it saves is your on/off switches Throwback is a fan project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube, Google, Gmail or X Corp. All trademarks belong to their respective owners.