This breaks my heart a bit. My first browser extension Cacheout was around 2005. Back in the days of sites getting hugged to death from Slashdot. The extension gave right context menu options to try loading a cached version of the dead site. Tried Google cache first, then an another cdn caching service I can't remember, and finally waybackmachine. Extension even got included in a cd packaged with MacWorld magazine at one point.
This has always been one of Google's best features. Really sad they killed it.
> Tried Google cache first, then an another cdn caching service I can't remember, and finally waybackmachine.
Coral Cache maybe? The caches you listed were my manual order to check when a link was Slashdotted.
Google's cache, at least in the early days, was super useful in the cache link for a search result highlighted your search terms. It was often more helpful to hit the cached link than the actual link since 1) it was more likely to be available and 2) had your search terms readily apparent.
This has always been one of Google's best features. Really sad they killed it.