Timeline of hypertext technology
This article presents a timeline of hypertext technology, including "hypermedia" and related human–computer interaction projects and developments from ancient times and up to the present day. The term hypertext is credited to the author and philosopher Ted Nelson.
See also Graphical user interface, Multimedia; also Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine's Mundaneum, a massively cross-referenced card index system established in 1910.
700 BCE–600 CE
- 700 BCE–300 CE
- * Ramayana
- 300 BCE–400 CE
- * Mahabharata
- 300–600 CE
- * Talmud
1930s
1940s
1960s
- 1960
- * Project Xanadu
- 1962
- * Marshall McLuhan's The Gutenberg Galaxy uses the term surfing
- 1967
- * Hypertext Editing System by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson at Brown University
- 1968
- * FRESS
- * NLS
1970s
- 1972
- * ZOG
- 1973
- * Xerox Alto desktop
- 1976
- * PROMIS
- 1978
- * Aspen Movie Map
- 1979
- * PERQ
1980s
- 1980
- * ENQUIRE
- 1981
- * Electronic Document System
- * Kussmaul Encyclopedia
- * Xerox Star desktop
- 1982
- * Guide
- 1983
- * Knowledge Management System
- * TIES
- 1984
- * NoteCards
- 1985
- * Intermedia
- * Symbolics Document Examiner
- * Grolier Academic American Encyclopedia CD-ROM Edition
- 1986
- * Texinfo
- * TextNet
- * Neptune
- 1987
- * Macromedia Authorware
- * Canon Cat
- * HyperCard
- * Knowledge Navigator
- * Storyspace
- 1988
- * Microcosm (hypermedia system)
- 1989
- * Macromedia Director
- *, Tim Berners-Lee, CERN
1990s
- 1990
- * DynaText
- * World Wide Web
- * Hyperland
- * ToolBook
- * HyTelnet
- * WinHelp
- 1991
- * Gopher
- * AmigaGuide
- 1995
- * Wiki
- 1996
- * Hyperwire
- 1998
- * Everything2
- * XML
- 1999
- * RSS
2000s
- 2001
- * Wikipedia
- 2005
- * Atom (web standard)
- 2014
- * OpenXanadu, an implementation of Project Xanadu
- 2019
- * Gemini, a lightweight complement to the Web