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The original proposal of the WWW, HTMLized
A hand conversion to HTML of the original MacWord (or Word for Mac?) document written in March 1989 and later redistributed unchanged apart from the date added in May 1990. Provided for historical interest only. The diagrams are a bit dotty, but available in versioins linked below. The text has not been changed, even…
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- 17 commenters
Web & FrontendHistory & Retro Computing2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2016 | The original proposal of the WWW, HTMLized by zolotarev | 94 | 20 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 21 Hacker News comments by 17 different people, from Nov 2009 to Jul 2026.
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- FearNotDaniel · Jul 29, 2026
- embedding-shape · Feb 21, 2026
- CaptainOfCoit · Sep 28, 2025
- onion2k · Jul 31, 2023
- prepend · May 10, 2023
- onion2k · Apr 5, 2023
