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A writer on the SDF community hosting has published a phlog post asking why anyone would still use Gopher, the pre-web hypertext protocol from the early 1990s, in 2026. The piece is drawing attention on Hacker News, where it sits near the top of the front page, with commenters debating the appeal of Gopher's simplicity, low bandwidth needs, and escape from the modern web's clutter.
- 2Ted Nelson's two-way links: the hypertext that never was●Ted Nelson named hypertext in 1965. His links were supposed to work both ways. https:// lockergnome.com/hypertext-nels o
Ted Nelson coined the term hypertext in 1965, and his original vision called for links working in both directions, so readers could trace back to every page pointing at a document. Renewed attention to that idea highlights how the web adopted only one-way links, and Nelson's Project Xanadu never became the standard.