Talk:WorldWideWeb
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[edit] Wikipedia homepage?
If someone has a neXt can they download from http://browsers.evolt.org/?worldwideweb/NeXT and get a screen shot of the Wikipedia honme page? Rich Farmbrough 16:34, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
(( comment from yanzg-- 08:04, 21 July 2005 (UTC) deleted, since the suggested change has already been made in the main article ... ))
Near the second half of the section on "Features", I would recommend to say something there, about the sense in which Gopher had served, for a time of perhaps a few years, as a software solution that was intermediate between anonymous FTP and HTTP. (In fact, it took a while for Gopher to die, even after it was clear that http was better). Gopher was mostly sorta text-only, including the (hyper) links, but it was still great for its time, (partly because many users were still using DOS, which was also somewhat keyboard-oriented, as opposed to Windows, say) (or GUIs in general). But Gopher was still way more convenient to use than FTP. For example, Veronica was usually a lot easier to use, than Archie. Mike Schwartz 23:20, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rename to Nexus?
Shouldn't this be renamed to Nexus? As that was the final name of the application itself...
- It seems impractical to me, as it is more commonly referred to as WorldWideWeb. Also, there a many "Nexus"es, so it would be impractical in that respect as well. ~Linuxerist
E/L/T 03:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Second Half of 1990?
Currently the Wiki states "Berners-Lee wrote WorldWideWeb in Objective-C on a NeXT computer during the second half of 1990." But it also says that the application was launched in 1991. How can the application be launched in the first half of 1990 but written in the second half??
- Read what you're saying..?
- I think it means he wrote hte program during the second part of 1990, but decided to release the program in early 1991. RingtailedFox • Talk • Stalk 19:55, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fast Forward in Opera
The forward and backward feature mentioned in the trivia section resurfaced in Opera 7. This made use of the rel attribute in link tags to enable forward or backward navigation. I'm not sure if this is worth mentioning. --David Chisnall 13:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
