4 ms·

I'm surprised to see that this submission is from 2008; while I identify with the author's struggle (and subsequent delight) as he plays the part of an Internet

by jmduke 13y ago

I'm surprised to see that this submission is from 2008; while I identify with the author's struggle (and subsequent delight) as he plays the part of an Internet archaeologist, I thought this was a common piece of knowledge five years ago, let alone today. Goes to show how incorrect assumptions about what we do (and do not) know can be. Burners-Lee's talks are wonderful. My favorite is his talk "Hypertext and Our Collective Destiny": http://www.w3.org/Talks/9510_Bush/Talk.html http://www.w3.org/Talks/9510_Bush/Talk.html

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
aj700 13y ago
Yeah, I just assume that today's 23-year-olds (or 13-year-olds) should all know this, and had the same experience as me, using notepad.exe to alter/test some html, which was grabbed from a "CD-ROM", that came with a "magazine", with something like "Netscape 1.0" (for Win 3.1) on it, in late 1994! What's The Frequency, Kenneth?
- nationcrafting 13y ago
  Haha, I still edit some of my HTML in TextEdit or some simple txt editor... It just opens so much quicker than Dreamweaver...
  - D9u 13y ago
    I taught myself beginning HTML/XHTML/PHP using Vieka Wordpad on a Samsung SGH-i607. 3G was my only connection to the net at the time. I never did use an IDE until lately, but Geany isn't much of an IDE compared to some other choices.
- andrewingram 13y ago
  That was exactly my experience, I taught myself HTML this way before I had even used the internet.
haptiK 13y ago
Not only can I not believe this is not common knowledge, I can also not believe it's even a link on HN at all. Ridiculous.