Tag hypertext

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Hypertext is one of the greatest inventions ever.

2025-03-31

1851.

The History of editing and publishing in web browsers - Techno Barje

techno-barje.fr/post/2023/10/20/history-of-edition-and-publishing-in-web-browsers

Only WorldWideWeb, some versions of Netscape and SeaMonkey ever supported the editing. WWW was the only non-modal one, I think it was a worthy design pattern. SeaMonkey still maintains Netscape's composer.

2024-12-22

1637.

Write Hypertext, not Plaintext

aartaka.me/hypertext.html

Artyom makes a good point that plaintext is a lie. Of course it is! Nothing worse than being presented with a .txt file. Screw that! Folks, user proper text formats.

2024-11-17

1592.

The lessons of Xanadu

jasoncrawford.org/the-lessons-of-xanadu

“The longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry”

2024-07-20

1396.

Where Should Visual Programming Go? @ tonsky.me

tonsky.me/blog/diagrams

TempleOS has images in comments btw.

2024-01-11

1038.

Inspiration for objWiki

blog.rfox.eu/en/Programming/objWiki/Inspiration_for_objWiki.html

All about hypertext!

2023-12-02

946.

Documents Are the Wrong Metaphor

screensresearchhypertext.com?stackedPages=/Documents-Are-the-Wrong-Metaphor

So the author says. They say, the right metaphor is songs! This is non-sensical, documents are the right metaphor, and we should do our best to preserve it.

The author of the website claims to know a bit about hypertext, and they do, but look at this URL! How to fix it? UPD. From the computer I managed to close the extra tabs on the page which were not visible on the phone and fix the URL.

944.

Screens, Research and Hypertext

screensresearchhypertext.com

2023-11-21

893.

All you need is links

subconscious.substack.com/p/all-you-need-is-links

The author argues that many relations can be represented with hyperlinks. He is right though. A good read.