There were a number of fairly sophisticated hypertext systems around then (like the basis of viola). I was an early WWW user when it was mainly a question of u

There were a number of fairly sophisticated hypertext systems around then (like the basis of viola). I was an early WWW user when it was mainly a question of using the line-mode browser for the CERN documentation, and it seemed incredibly primitive to someone who'd being developing with high-resolution networked hypermedia. The significance of the protocol and naming escaped me, unfortunately.