The Web is 20 years old.

**RayTomes** · 08-06-2011, 08:10 PM

The WWW just turned 20. Here is the very first page:
The World Wide Web project
Sorry, no pictures!

**David E. Eaton Sr.** · 08-06-2011, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by RayTomes

The WWW just turned 20. Here is the very first page:
The World Wide Web project
Sorry, no pictures!

It's 'older' than that...but under a different 'name'....

**grapes** · 08-06-2011, 10:05 PM

Neither the internet, which I did use in the late eighties, nor the DARPANET, which I used in the early eighties, is the world wide web. The www was created in 1991, they set out to make a browser.

**David E. Eaton Sr.** · 08-07-2011, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by grapes

Neither the internet, which I did use in the late eighties, nor the DARPANET, which I used in the early eighties, is the world wide web.

So have I...

And I don't believe anyone said that they were the world wide web.

Originally Posted by grapes

The www was created in 1991, they set out to make a browser.

Did they ever succeed with that browser?

**Azure Infinity** · 08-07-2011, 02:14 AM

I remember running a BBS (bulletin board) on my Commodore 64 in 1983. I thought it was the sh**. I had my own web page with my own artwork(320x240 bitmaps), downloadable (pirated) games, and an opportunity for people to choke down my opinionated, 12-year old attitude about things.

People had to literally dial in to my computer to connect. (anyone here old enough to remember modems?!?)

I had to take my service down to play on my computer or dial in to others' BBS's.

I remember my mom getting really mad that our phone was tied up all the time.

AOL was already up by 1987, thinking they had control. Ya, it's made some progress.

**RayTomes** · 08-08-2011, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by Azure Infinity

I remember running a BBS (bulletin board) on my Commodore 64 in 1983. I thought it was the sh**. I had my own web page ...

It was fun! But it wasn't a "web page" it was just a display. What was different about the WWW and why the term "web" came into it was the introduction of active links that could be clicked. Hence it was called "browsing" or "surfing". I also used bulletin board systems as well as usenet (discussion groups on thousands of topics) and of course email before www started. In the late 1980s we used to dial into a USA system every day (from NZ) to get latest prices of commodities etc.