Yeah it's definitely something we take for granted now. It's changed our brains. I used network services without hypertext, in the form of BBSes, and it seems

Yeah it's definitely something we take for granted now. It's changed our brains. I used network services without hypertext, in the form of BBSes, and it seems like worlds away. I guess we just described in English how to find things online back then, and didn't link to them? I think there were FAQs of the era that were like that? Would be interesting to read early FAQs on Usenet, pre-web (anyone have an archive? [1]) It's funny that there used to be entire hypertext conferences back in the 80's. I guess that field is "dead" simply because it's been absorbed into standard practice? (the web) Then again Nelson's hypertext had all sorts of bells and whistles. I'm tempted to say that the web gives you the 90% of the functionality that actually scales world wide, for 10% of the cost Though certainly there could have been better outcomes [1] Hm not sure if there are any pre-web ones here - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-category.html http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-category.html