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This link from that 1991 thread is still available 25 years later: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProjec

This link from that 1991 thread is still available 25 years later: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html I'd guess it hasn't been continuously available, but certainly must be one of the oldest web links working today.

grahamel 10y ago
Yeah it's not always been there, Mark Boulton helped CERN restore it to it's original URL a few years ago, http://markboulton.co.uk/journal/firstwebsite http://markboulton.co.uk/journal/firstwebsite
userbinator 10y ago
It's not often these days that you come across pages with such an exceedingly high content:markup ratio, and amazing how fast and readable they are compared to the typical pages of the "Modern Web".
- ams6110 10y ago
  Many older CS academics have personal web pages that are in that style.
  - copperx 10y ago
    Even many new academics follow that minimalist style. Academia frowns upon style over substance.
    - sotojuan 10y ago
      It's more that they don't have time to waste styling their site. A lot of new ones I've been taught by just used Bootstrap.
asdfaoeu 10y ago
Though it doesn't look like it's valid HTML https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.cern.ch%2Fhypertext%2FWWW%2FTheProject.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.cern.ch...
- Touche 10y ago
  Neither is google.com: https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co...
- userbinator 10y ago
  It predates any real standards for HTML.
caf 10y ago
I like the way that this page http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html has to specifically disclaim that its list of WWW servers is exhaustive.

grahamel 10y ago

Yeah it's not always been there, Mark Boulton helped CERN restore it to it's original URL a few years ago, http://markboulton.co.uk/journal/firstwebsite http://markboulton.co.uk/journal/firstwebsite

userbinator 10y ago

It's not often these days that you come across pages with such an exceedingly high content:markup ratio, and amazing how fast and readable they are compared to the typical pages of the "Modern Web".

ams6110 10y ago
Many older CS academics have personal web pages that are in that style.
- copperx 10y ago
  Even many new academics follow that minimalist style. Academia frowns upon style over substance.
  - sotojuan 10y ago
    It's more that they don't have time to waste styling their site. A lot of new ones I've been taught by just used Bootstrap.

asdfaoeu 10y ago

Though it doesn't look like it's valid HTML https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.cern.ch%2Fhypertext%2FWWW%2FTheProject.html&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&user-agent=W3C_Validator%2F1.3+http%3A%2F%2Fvalidator.w3.org%2Fservices https://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Finfo.cern.ch...

Touche 10y ago
Neither is google.com: https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co...
userbinator 10y ago
It predates any real standards for HTML.

caf 10y ago

I like the way that this page http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/WWW/Servers.html has to specifically disclaim that its list of WWW servers is exhaustive.