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Xanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Ted Nelson recently posted a series of videos describing the important ideas on Xanadu, the original hypertext project”

    Ted Nelson on the important ideas of Xanadu

    shalabhc, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid is a platform designed to re-decentralize the web”

  2. “This video is better”

    Nelson's explanation of the linking concept

    pratio, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Roam – Tool for Thinking”

  3. “For more on that idea, see , which contains beautiful examples.”

    Beautiful examples of visible connection in text

    dang, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Xanaflight: Three Pages”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: xanadu, ted nelson, links, transclusion, web history

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