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So the observation here is that Tim Berners Lee's original vision was all these documents that would be linking to each other, across different hosts. But today

So the observation here is that Tim Berners Lee's original vision was all these documents that would be linking to each other, across different hosts. But today's websites are mostly silos that only link inwards. Have I got that right?

jbverschoor 4y ago
In the paar online text would be filled with more links and references. Wikipedia is still like that. The normal use case are navigation, and call to action. The web has become a kiosk with virtual magazines screaming for attention Commented with an application distribution platform (html/js) We used to have applications and protocols. Now we have something similar to a mainframe, but the client app is distributed over and over again. Forum? NNTP Chat? IRC Dole transfer? FTP Status updates? Finger