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I was kind of surprised the article didn't discuss the BBS culture that existed before the internet. The blue link may have started after this but maybe it borr
by codazoda 5y ago
I was kind of surprised the article didn't discuss the BBS culture that existed before the internet. The blue link may have started after this but maybe it borrowed a bit from the colored keyboard characters used in text-based menu systems.
I also used the something-folio hypertext system before I used hypertext on the web. Did it have blue links? I can't remember.
- LocalPCGuy 5y agoI was looking for information on BBS culture also, but in my fuzzy memory of those times, the vast majority were very much a dark color scheme, black/dark background with light text. And there was a lot of customization going on as well, but I don't know if I can see BBSes as a place the link color came from. It's also probably one of the most obscured and overlooked part leading to the rise of the internet, I rarely see it mentioned in "history of" articles.