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Hmm. I don't see any discussion here, but weren't BBS links typically blue? I think I remember that being a thing, and that was well before 1993... Also, cya

Hmm. I don't see any discussion here, but weren't BBS links typically blue? I think I remember that being a thing, and that was well before 1993... Also, cyan is a much better color for text on a black background. Dark blue is almost invisible. This makes some of the early examples a little complicated since we moved to white backgrounds around the same time as the web came to fruition.

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
It was working as designed. If you already visited that page, you don't need to go there again. Time was precious on dial-uo connections, better go visit some new page instead!
kps 5y ago
> we moved to white backgrounds around the same time as the web came to fruition ‘We’? Document-oriented workstations, including the one WWW was developed on, routinely used black-on-white back to the Alto, or NLS. (CAD stayed white-on-black due to the history of vector displays.)
reaperducer 5y ago
In my BBS days (I ran a node of ARB Net), BBSes were black background by default with white text. "Links" were just key presses. Press [SPACE] for next screen, or as it was commonly known, "Spank the blank." [G] for the document repository. Or as it was commonly called "G-Philes."
- egypturnash 5y ago
  Not "G-Philez"?
  - reaperducer 5y ago
    ARB wasn't that hip. That was for C-Net people!