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Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION

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  • Presented by Ted Nelson, pioneer of information technology
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  • An opinion. It argues one side of a question engineers disagree on.

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History and cultureWeb developmentHistory of computingPeople who shaped computingHow browsers work

Ted Nelson explains the original 1960s concept of Project Xanadu and visible connection, arguing that modern web browsers lost the true power of hypertext.

The original hypertext concept of the 1960s got lost on the way to the Web-- and all current document standards oppose it. This is an important fight.

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4 people recommend this

What people say. Recommended as a fascinating look at the original vision of hypertext and document connections by its pioneer.

enkiv2on Lobsters • Recommends

Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION

shalabhcon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid is a platform designed to re-decentralize the web”

Related, Ted Nelson recently posted a series of videos describing the important ideas on Xanadu, the original hypertext project: link to this video

shalabhcon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Project Xanadu”

Ted Nelson recently did a series of videos on the important ideas in Xanadu. Start here: link to this video Also you can buy his classic 'Computer Lib' book here: link

pratioon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Roam – Tool for Thinking”

That's the first thought that came to my mind. I love hearing ted nelson explain it h link It is a good effort to bring that concept to life. This video is better link to this video

dangon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Xanaflight: Three Pages”

This is software implementing one version of Ted Nelson's idea of visible connection in text. For more on that idea, see link to this video , which contains beautiful examples.

robertkrahn01on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Freeing the Web from the Browser”

Great to see those ideas discussed! It is a little strange, however, that Ted Nelsons ideas around Xanadu and its link representations aren't even mentioned. link to this video

DonHopkinson Hacker News • Mentions

On “Forth vs Lisp”

Thank you for your kind words, and for asking a great question! My secret system that has gotten me through the coronavirus pandemic is simply an investment in an automatic coffee machine that grind beans and foams milk for me. ;) I use HN search and google site search, copy and paste and clean up old postings, and then check through all the links (since HN abbreviates long links with "..." so I have to copy and paste the full links manually), and I update the broken and walled links with Internet Archive links. I realize some of my posts get pretty long, and I apologize if that overwhelms some people, but it's a double edged sword. One important goal is to save other people's time and effor…