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Given the author's "conclusions" about Windows's influence here, it's probably worth mentioning that Windows 3.x (including both 3.0 and 3.1) used green for hyp

Given the author's "conclusions" about Windows's influence here, it's probably worth mentioning that Windows 3.x (including both 3.0 and 3.1) used green for hyperlinks in its help system by default (which was hypertext but not HTML): https://i.imgur.com/ZjX5xIW.png https://i.imgur.com/ZjX5xIW.png Green hyperlinks stuck around in the Windows 95 help system, and were eventually replaced when Windows 98 switched to Microsoft's new HTML Help system which defaulted to blue hyperlinks (inherited from Internet Explorer).

slingnow 5y ago
It's likely this person came across this during their research, but decided to omit it because it didn't fit in with their already weak and speculative narrative.
sgarrity 5y ago
I always assumed that the green help links color was intentionally differentiated from regular blue web links to clearly imply that they remain within the "Help" universe. The timeline might undermine my assumption.
- JonathonW 5y ago
  I don't think the timeframe's right for that-- were there ever even any web browsers that ran on Windows 3.0? At any rate, there wouldn't be any need to distinguish internal help links from web links, because neither Windows 3.0 nor 3.1 ever shipped with a web browser-- can't link out in your docs if the tools aren't available to follow the links. Early versions of Windows 95 didn't, either, with IE 2.0 being bundled with the OS for the first time with OSR1.
  - timClicks 5y ago
    I might be remembering this incorrectly, but I don't think that Windows 3.0 even had support for TCP/IP networking by default.
    - JonathonW 5y ago
      Nor did 3.1. Windows for Workgroups 3.11 did eventually get a first-party TCP/IP stack from Microsoft (as an add-on), but TCP/IP was largely the domain of third-party products up until Windows 95.

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Given the author's "conclusions" about Windows's influence here, it's probably worth mentioning that Windows 3.x (including both 3.0 and 3.1) used green for hyp

by JonathonW 5y ago

slingnow 5y ago
It's likely this person came across this during their research, but decided to omit it because it didn't fit in with their already weak and speculative narrative.
sgarrity 5y ago
I always assumed that the green help links color was intentionally differentiated from regular blue web links to clearly imply that they remain within the "Help" universe. The timeline might undermine my assumption.
- JonathonW 5y ago
  I don't think the timeframe's right for that-- were there ever even any web browsers that ran on Windows 3.0? At any rate, there wouldn't be any need to distinguish internal help links from web links, because neither Windows 3.0 nor 3.1 ever shipped with a web browser-- can't link out in your docs if the tools aren't available to follow the links. Early versions of Windows 95 didn't, either, with IE 2.0 being bundled with the OS for the first time with OSR1.
  - timClicks 5y ago
    I might be remembering this incorrectly, but I don't think that Windows 3.0 even had support for TCP/IP networking by default.
    - JonathonW 5y ago
      Nor did 3.1. Windows for Workgroups 3.11 did eventually get a first-party TCP/IP stack from Microsoft (as an add-on), but TCP/IP was largely the domain of third-party products up until Windows 95.