Comments on: Still in the Early Days of the Web: 15 Years Young http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/ On the Emergence of the Social Web Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:49:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: therealmccrea http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-753 therealmccrea Sat, 03 May 2008 06:14:20 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-753 Des, thanks for sharing. Wow, so cool that this post touched someone who also had familiarty with HoTMetaL Pro. Small world. Getting smaller. Des, thanks for sharing. Wow, so cool that this post touched someone who also had familiarty with HoTMetaL Pro. Small world. Getting smaller.

]]> By: Des Walsh http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-746 Des Walsh Fri, 02 May 2008 21:04:42 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-746 I just tossed out my copy of HoTMetal Pro the other day. I have to say it all does seem like more than 15 years and a bit of a challenge to remember what it was like before the Web. So much has happened. And as you indicate, so much still to come! I just tossed out my copy of HoTMetal Pro the other day. I have to say it all does seem like more than 15 years and a bit of a challenge to remember what it was like before the Web. So much has happened. And as you indicate, so much still to come!

]]> By: therealmccrea http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-745 therealmccrea Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:25 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-745 Hey, Tom. I'm pretty darn sure that the WebMagic software in WebFORCE was the first. It was introduced in January of 1995. I think Vermeer's FrontPage was at least 6 months later. NetObject's Fusion didn't come until sometime the following year. I would, however, tip my hat to an HTML editor that was commercially available prior to WebMagic. It was HoTMetaL Pro from SoftQuad. It was not WYSISYG, but it was my inspiration for WebMagic. Hey, Tom. I’m pretty darn sure that the WebMagic software in WebFORCE was the first. It was introduced in January of 1995. I think Vermeer’s FrontPage was at least 6 months later. NetObject’s Fusion didn’t come until sometime the following year.

I would, however, tip my hat to an HTML editor that was commercially available prior to WebMagic. It was HoTMetaL Pro from SoftQuad. It was not WYSISYG, but it was my inspiration for WebMagic.

]]> By: Tom Hammer http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-743 Tom Hammer Fri, 02 May 2008 15:44:53 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-743 >> I ended up leading the effort to develop the first turnkey web server and >> the first WYSIWYG HTML editor MMM... I seem to remember that WebForce shared the distinction of "first WYSIWYG HTML editor" with at *least* three other products at the time: Vermeer, Backstage and NetObjects Fusion. I think either Vermeer or Fusion beat Webforce out with a free beta... >> I ended up leading the effort to develop the first turnkey web server and
>> the first WYSIWYG HTML editor

MMM… I seem to remember that WebForce shared the distinction of “first WYSIWYG HTML editor” with at *least* three other products at the time: Vermeer, Backstage and NetObjects Fusion. I think either Vermeer or Fusion beat Webforce out with a free beta…

]]> By: Mark Gardner http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-734 Mark Gardner Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:08:39 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-734 My first "web job" was webmaster of merck.com back in 1995. The site ran on a WebFORCE-badged SGI Indigo sitting at the bottom of an unused rack in the data center, and for a while my only workstation was a similarly badged Indy at my desk. Updating the site consisted of tarring up the files onto a RDAT tape, walking it down to the data center, popping the tape in, and issuing commands to the Indigo using a cast-off DEC VT220 greenscreen terminal. Since the web server was connected directly to the public Internet (on its own T1 line, woo), the company didn't trust it being connected to anything else. So thanks for those WebFORCE boxes! I learned a lot on that platform, and it brought back plenty of memories to see that logo again, cheesy video or not. My first “web job” was webmaster of merck.com back in 1995. The site ran on a WebFORCE-badged SGI Indigo sitting at the bottom of an unused rack in the data center, and for a while my only workstation was a similarly badged Indy at my desk.

Updating the site consisted of tarring up the files onto a RDAT tape, walking it down to the data center, popping the tape in, and issuing commands to the Indigo using a cast-off DEC VT220 greenscreen terminal. Since the web server was connected directly to the public Internet (on its own T1 line, woo), the company didn’t trust it being connected to anything else.

So thanks for those WebFORCE boxes! I learned a lot on that platform, and it brought back plenty of memories to see that logo again, cheesy video or not.

]]> By: Lars Hilse http://therealmccrea.com/2008/04/30/still-in-the-early-days-of-the-web/#comment-732 Lars Hilse Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:54:36 +0000 http://therealmccrea.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-732 What beautiful memories your post recalled there :) Speaking of the Berlin Wall: I remember everyone in Alabama congratulating us (as Germans) to the reunion. One experience being that I went Radio-Shaking with my dad and one U. S. soldier coming up to us and saluted while speaking out his compliments. As an 11 year old I was far from understanding the significance of what was happening. What I DID understand though was the significance of the first modem my dad baught during our stay in the US and what it's importance it would play in my life. Now, a bit over one and a half decades later, I run two globally operating businesses from my hometown (with something around 800 citizens) using the web and the knowledge I have ascertained thereon. A pretty short time in which man has created one of his greatest inventions. And yes, we are far from what the web is going to be! Looking forward to some great changes to come on the internet web together with the friends I have made over this great medium. What beautiful memories your post recalled there :) Speaking of the Berlin Wall: I remember everyone in Alabama congratulating us (as Germans) to the reunion. One experience being that I went Radio-Shaking with my dad and one U. S. soldier coming up to us and saluted while speaking out his compliments. As an 11 year old I was far from understanding the significance of what was happening. What I DID understand though was the significance of the first modem my dad baught during our stay in the US and what it’s importance it would play in my life.

Now, a bit over one and a half decades later, I run two globally operating businesses from my hometown (with something around 800 citizens) using the web and the knowledge I have ascertained thereon.

A pretty short time in which man has created one of his greatest inventions. And yes, we are far from what the web is going to be!

Looking forward to some great changes to come on the internet web together with the friends I have made over this great medium.

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