Timeline of hypertext technology Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_hypertext_technology
This article presents a timeline of hypertext technology, including " hypermedia" and related human–computer interaction projects and developments from 1945 on. 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.
1940s
- 1941
- 1945
- Memex (concept by Vannevar Bush)
1960s
- 1960
- Project Xanadu (concept)
- 1962
- Marshall McLuhan's The Gutenberg Galaxy uses the term surfing
- 1967
- Hypertext Editing System (HES) by Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson at Brown University
- 1968
1970s
- 1972
- 1973
- 1976
- 1978
- 1979
1980s
- 1980
- ENQUIRE (not released)
- 1981
- Electronic Document System (EDS, aka Document Presentation System)
- Kussmaul Encyclopedia
- Xerox Star desktop
- 1982
- 1983
- Knowledge Management System (KMS, successor to ZOG)
- TIES (The Interactive Encyclopedia System, later HyperTies)
- 1984
- 1985
- Intermedia (successor to FRESS and EDS)
- Symbolics Document Examiner (Symbolics workstations)
- 1986
- 1987
- Macromedia Authorware
- Canon Cat ("Leap" function, interface)
- HyperCard
- Knowledge Navigator (concept described by former Apple Computer CEO John Sculley in his book Odyssey)
- Storyspace
- 1988
- 1989
1990s
- 1990
- DynaText
- World Wide Web
- Hyperland (BBC documentary written by Douglas Adams)
- ToolBook
- HyTelnet
- WinHelp
- 1991
- 1995
- 1996
- Hyperwire (Kinetix)
- 1998
- 1999
2000s
- 2001
- 2014
- OpenXanadu, an implementation of Project Xanadu
- 2019
- Gemini, a lightweight complement to the Web