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Thanks a lot for expanding. I had no idea IBM was present at the creation, like some spirit of evil ;) Netscape Navigator handling images was also a Big Deal(t
by gerikson 5y ago
Thanks a lot for expanding. I had no idea IBM was present at the creation, like some spirit of evil ;)
Netscape Navigator handling images was also a Big Deal(tm). Of course, there could have been a graphical (X) gopher client that showed images, but just like the people who like gopher and gemini now dislike images, I suspect it was the same then (think of the bandwidth!)
It's hard to convey how intensely cool it felt to be part of the early web, and images, differently sized and colored fonts were a big part of it.
- unfocussed_mike 5y ago> Thanks a lot for expanding. I had no idea IBM was present at the creation, like some spirit of evil ;) It's not so much at the creation -- it's several years in (four years in for HTML/HTTP). Though it is about when I became aware of it. What I recall of the time is that the web was just becoming a point of research interest, and big firms had product R+D interest. Like I say, I can't find anything to prove my recollection now -- so it could well be wholly unreliable! -- but my specific recollection from damn year 29 years ago is that IBM's response (and likely the response of others) to the Gopher server licence situation was to seek clarification from CERN over their intentions with the web. IBM also had patents (concerning hypermedia) that were relevant but were never asserted. It would always have been Tim Berners-Lee's intention to not assert patents but CERN obviously was his employer. > It's hard to convey how intensely cool it felt Were you in that same workstation lab in Reading, then? Seriously, you had to wear a coat and scarf if you were in one corner...