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Some of the better quotes are on page 2 of that interview: "One of the ways of looking at it is the reason that WYSIWYG is slowly showing up in the browser is t
by lstamour 13y ago
Some of the better quotes are on page 2 of that interview: "One of the ways of looking at it is the reason that WYSIWYG is slowly showing up in the browser is that it's a better way of interacting with the computer than the way they first did it. So of course they're going to reinvent it. I like to say that in the old days, if you reinvented the wheel, you would get your wrist slapped for not reading. But nowadays people are reinventing the flat tire. I'd personally be happy if they reinvented the wheel, because at least we'd be moving forward. If they reinvented what Engelbart, did we'd be way ahead of where we are now."
Frankly half the references to people in the interview requires learning about hypertext from an academic perspective. Still fun to read.