Three years ago, the very same time that MST had her debut on the web, homepage was a fashion of globalization. With the web, all of us might put their personal profiles, interests, photos or even their secrets "online", sharing ourselves to the rest of the world.

The debut

The idea is always grand, satisfying our desire of self-exposure.

However, life style has changed, so as the surfers' style. It is always difficult to keep you coming back. Philosophy of generating hits develops into a new course and become an indicator of success to homepage writers. To me, the homepage needs to be instrumental, providing some ways of work and information that you can't be found elsewhere; it should be entertaining, in the sense that it provides ways of living (and also the ways of escaping from reality). In short, it needs to be exclusively useful, life-inclusive and life enjoyable.

	MST Homepage, 1998-1999

This is how we grow, and how MST online grows. It grows from a directory in a server to a virtual domain, from static to dynamic, from distant to near. It's your way to know past of MST and present of MST, to know more on living and learning, and paving your way to internet.

Grand is the idea, energetic are we -- students of MST.

Comparison of 1996 and 1999
Size of all files in MST homepage		600Kb, which equals half a floppy		7.7Mb, which equals 6 floppies
Number of MST homepage authors		One		Four
Price of a modem		$1,500 for a fair 28.8K external		$500 for a fair 56K external
Common browser		Netscape Navigator 2.02		Netscape Communicator 4.7; Internet Explorer 5
Hot technology		Animated GIF, HTML table		Flash, Style sheets
What do people usually do when going online		Browse, browse, IRC, email, browse		ICQ, Quake, ICQ, ICQ, email, VChat, ICQ ... and sometimes, browse

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