Featured Newsgroup - alt.hypertext
Birthplace of the World Wide Web
On August 6, 1991 at 3:37pm, Tim Berners-Lee posted a short overview of his World Wide Web Project in the alt.hypertext newsgroup. It is speculated that alt.hypertext was the first place that Berners-Lee spoke publicly about the World Wide Web project, which would make sense considering the important of hypertext to his plans.
Berners-Lee described his vision, saying, "The WWW world consists of documents, and links. Indexes are special documents which, rather than being read, may be searched. The result of such a search is another ("virtual") document containing links to the documents found. A simple protocol ("HTTP") is used to allow a browser program to request a keyword search by a remote information server."
Alt.hypertext, present day, is not quite the hopping place that it was in 1991. That being said, the discussions that you find within the newsgroup are typically quite detailed and interesting to those interested in hypertext technology. alt.hypertext contributor, gennbd, started a recent post with, "This newsgroup is still waiting for a hypertext revival :) Though there's very little traffic here, I hope that a handful of hardcore hypertextologists keep an eye on it. To them I appeal." And, indeed, gennbd's ruminations about the difference between hypertext and hypertexts were commented on by several other knowledgeable "hypertextologists".
If you've got an interest in hypertext or the exciting history of the group, use your Power Usenet account to visit alt.hypertext and participate in a revival of the birthplace of the world wide web!
On August 6, 1991 at 3:37pm, Tim Berners-Lee posted a short overview of his World Wide Web Project in the alt.hypertext newsgroup. It is speculated that alt.hypertext was the first place that Berners-Lee spoke publicly about the World Wide Web project, which would make sense considering the important of hypertext to his plans.
Berners-Lee described his vision, saying, "The WWW world consists of documents, and links. Indexes are special documents which, rather than being read, may be searched. The result of such a search is another ("virtual") document containing links to the documents found. A simple protocol ("HTTP") is used to allow a browser program to request a keyword search by a remote information server."
Alt.hypertext, present day, is not quite the hopping place that it was in 1991. That being said, the discussions that you find within the newsgroup are typically quite detailed and interesting to those interested in hypertext technology. alt.hypertext contributor, gennbd, started a recent post with, "This newsgroup is still waiting for a hypertext revival :) Though there's very little traffic here, I hope that a handful of hardcore hypertextologists keep an eye on it. To them I appeal." And, indeed, gennbd's ruminations about the difference between hypertext and hypertexts were commented on by several other knowledgeable "hypertextologists".
If you've got an interest in hypertext or the exciting history of the group, use your Power Usenet account to visit alt.hypertext and participate in a revival of the birthplace of the world wide web!
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