Abstract
Writers have been experimenting with text fruition and trying to go beyond the traditional book format for several decades. In this chapter, we overview the history of hypertextuality, focusing on computer systems that utilize it as their core principle. These include Engelbart’s 1960s onLineSystem, Nelson’s Xanadu, Atkinson’s HyperCard, and, obviously, Berners-Lee’s Web.
I read a book cover to cover. It only took like two minutes, ’cause I went around the outside.
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Figure 1 is also an example of a DAG.
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See the visualization at https://flowingdata.com/2009/08/11/choose-your-own-adventure-most-likely-youll-die/.
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YouTube video: https://youtu.be/c539cK58ees.
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Aiello, M. (2018). Hypermedia Until the Web. In: The Web Was Done by Amateurs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90008-7_3
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