Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"On August 6, 1991 [34 years ago], the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee."

http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

Happy birthday, web!

Via https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025554426/a-look-back-at-the-very-first-website-ever-launched-30-years-later

#TheWeb #internet#WorldWideWeb#FirstWebsite #history#OTD

Screenshot of a very simple web page from the first link in the post, titled "World Wide Web", with no images, just black text on white background, and blue, underlined links. Below the title is a brief description of the World Wide Web project and a few links, that are blue and underlined. Full transcript of the web page text: The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents. Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November's W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions . What's out there? Pointers to the world's online information, subjects , W3 servers, etc. Help on the browser you are using Software Products A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. Line Mode ,X11 Viola , NeXTStep , Servers , Tools , Mail robot , Library ) Technical Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc Bibliography Paper documentation on W3 and references. People A list of some people involved in the project. History A summary of the history of the project. How can I help ? If you would like to support the web.. Getting code Getting the code by anonymous FTP , etc.
Screenshot of a very simple web page from the first link in the post, titled "World Wide Web", with no images, just black text on white background, and blue, underlined links. Below the title is a brief description of the World Wide Web project and a few links, that are blue and underlined. Full transcript of the web page text: The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents. Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November's W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions . What's out there? Pointers to the world's online information, subjects , W3 servers, etc. Help on the browser you are using Software Products A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. Line Mode ,X11 Viola , NeXTStep , Servers , Tools , Mail robot , Library ) Technical Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc Bibliography Paper documentation on W3 and references. People A list of some people involved in the project. History A summary of the history of the project. How can I help ? If you would like to support the web.. Getting code Getting the code by anonymous FTP , etc.
Screenshot of a very simple web page from the first link in the post, titled "World Wide Web", with no images, just black text on white background, and blue, underlined links. Below the title is a brief description of the World Wide Web project and a few links, that are blue and underlined. Full transcript of the web page text: The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents. Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November's W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions . What's out there? Pointers to the world's online information, subjects , W3 servers, etc. Help on the browser you are using Software Products A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. Line Mode ,X11 Viola , NeXTStep , Servers , Tools , Mail robot , Library ) Technical Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc Bibliography Paper documentation on W3 and references. People A list of some people involved in the project. History A summary of the history of the project. How can I help ? If you would like to support the web.. Getting code Getting the code by anonymous FTP , etc.