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Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION

TheTedNelson · 20.1K views · 2018-04-13 · 12:23

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Overview

Ted Nelson explains the original Xanadu hypertext idea of visible connection, the notion that links between documents should be shown and preserved. He argues that the Web and current document standards lost this concept.

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HN commenters point to it as the author's own short explanation of Xanadu's core ideas, usually in threads on hypertext, linking and decentralizing the web.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2021

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dang · 2020-06 · Recommendation

This is software implementing one version of Ted Nelson's idea of visible connection in text. For more on that idea, see [VIDEO] , which contains beautiful examples.

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pratio · 2019-11 · Recommendation

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 [VIDEO]

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shalabhc · 2019-04 · Recommendation

Ted Nelson recently did a series of videos on the important ideas in Xanadu. Start here: [VIDEO] Also you can buy his classic 'Computer Lib' book here: [LINK]

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