ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down113 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscomputerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialsyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyusenet@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square205fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscomputerhistory@lemmy.capebreton.socialsyncforlemmy@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyusenet@zerobytes.monster
minus-squareraoulraoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year ago Gopher lost out to WWW in part because Gopher was proprietary That may be so but gopher was never any fun in comparison to www
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoOh, it was - before we had the WWW. I remember the day when a co-student told me to have a look at this new web thingy, “like gopher, but with hypertext!”.
That may be so but gopher was never any fun in comparison to www
Oh, it was - before we had the WWW. I remember the day when a co-student told me to have a look at this new web thingy, “like gopher, but with hypertext!”.