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Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states.

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Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states.

Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states. Animated 65×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from GifCities AIM Avat…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Animation

  • text transitions
  • color shifts

Animation Summary

The animation shows Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons transitioning through text and color states with pixelated sections.

Composition

  • horizontal

Dense Caption

The animation shows Netscape Navigator 4.0 icons with 'Netscape Navigator 4.0' text in blue and red on a white background with a blue 'N' logo, transitioning through different color states and text clarity. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons display 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' text in white on a gray background with a blue 'e' logo, also transitioning through color states. The animation includes partial text, pixelated sections, and color shifts between frames.

Description

  • Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 browser icons
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 browser icons
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 text transitions
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 color shifts
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 blue 'N' logo
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 blue 'e' logo
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 red accents

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate 1999-2009 era, but pixels confirm browser versions
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol

Uncertain Text

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer

Visible Text

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer

Visually Supported Entities

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

Wordwall

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
  • blue 'N' logo
  • blue 'e' logo
  • white text
  • gray background
  • red accents
  • pixelated sections
  • text transitions
  • color shifts

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Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AIM Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:15 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

GifCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:17 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

GifCities AOL Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:17 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
65×50 pixels
File size
16.4 KB
Motion
Animated (22 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
icons/78/78df65db462859c5d494b527355687dabd9435e6c51c159fe63002aba37af4bb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 08:15 UTC
Archive ID
78df65db462859c5
SHA-256
78df65db462859c5d494b527355687dabd9435e6c51c159fe63002aba37af4bb
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:07 UTC
Run
1057
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.086645

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.929972onnx/unsafe0.086645onnx/nsfw0.050398onnx/nsfl0.036247
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Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states.

Reviewed
August 24, 2026 at 07:18 UTC
Run
68
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,304 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,638, response 895

Review tags

  • color shifts (action, 0.80)
  • text transitions (action, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • retro (mood, 0.80)
  • blue e logo (object, 0.80)
  • blue n logo (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • web browser (style, 0.80)
  • microsoft internet explorer 5 0 (subject, 0.80)
  • netscape navigator 4 0 (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • text transitions
  • color shifts

Animation

  • text transitions
  • color shifts

Animation Summary

The animation shows Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons transitioning through text and color states with pixelated sections.

Colors

  • blue
  • red
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • horizontal

Dense Caption

The animation shows Netscape Navigator 4.0 icons with 'Netscape Navigator 4.0' text in blue and red on a white background with a blue 'N' logo, transitioning through different color states and text clarity. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons display 'Microsoft Internet Explorer' text in white on a gray background with a blue 'e' logo, also transitioning through color states. The animation includes partial text, pixelated sections, and color shifts between frames.

Description

  • Animated sequence of Netscape Navigator 4.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 icons with varying text and color states.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance source-name: GifCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol

Mood

  • nostalgic
  • retro

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 browser icons
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 browser icons
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 text transitions
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 color shifts
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 blue 'N' logo
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 blue 'e' logo
  • Netscape Navigator 4.0 red accents

Objects

  • blue 'N' logo
  • blue 'e' logo

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate 1999-2009 era, but pixels confirm browser versions
  • quarantined composition: grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance topic-coverage: AIM
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • web browser

Subjects

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

Uncertain Text

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer

Visible Text

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer

Visually Supported Entities

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

Wordwall

  • Netscape Navigator 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
  • blue 'N' logo
  • blue 'e' logo
  • white text
  • gray background
  • red accents
  • pixelated sections
  • text transitions
  • color shifts
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 01:40 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 06:05 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Full source records (3)
GifCities AIM Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aim-avatar-gallery-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AIM Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:15 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AIM avatar gallery candidates
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20090804173455/http://geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/8149/index2.html 
GifCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-buddy-avatar-gallery-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities Buddy Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:17 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities buddy avatar gallery candidates
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091023130801/http://geocities.com/Pipeline/Slope/9572/base/tard.html 
GifCities AOL Avatar Gallery Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-avatar-gallery-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Avatar Gallery Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 08:17 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL avatar gallery candidates
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/F52EI7ZCPK7GTHCGWKLLL5CPECGYFMEO.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20091025182124/http://geocities.com/trucostop/