Others are searching for the utopia they've read about in the media, or are afraid of being left behind if they don't join in. One of the most profound changes on the Web in recent years is content. I remember when graphics were few and far between. If there were graphics, they were usually line art or simple icons. Now, photographs and animated GIFs are commonplace.
People convert titles into GIFs to make the text look anti-aliased.
Mosaic or Netscape used to be a key to everything the Web had to offer. Now there are so many plug-ins that I can't keep track of what they do. Because of their RAM requirements, I don't use them. I am disturbed most by the number of graphics on the Web that don't serve any real purpose. Graphics are so common that even with my 28.8 bps modem and PowerMac, Web pages load no faster today than they did previously on my IIci with its 2400 bps modem.