Re: [Lynx-dev] Website shows blank page in Lynx browser

[David Woolley]

On 12/04/18 13:14, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I don't know what Tim Burnersley's position on html5 is but it's been 
> around for long enough for him to have developed one.

As I recall, the original papers on HTML says it was specifically not 
intended to be what HTML5 is intended to be be, mainly a presentational 
tool.  I think that the original concept was basically something that 
the average librarian could author directly, but it has become a 
marketing department tool.  Unfortunately I can't find the exact quote 
at the moment.  However, going for a lowest common denominator platform 
was certainly part of the concept, because CERN had lots of different 
operating systems.

Tim Berners-Lee seems to keep quiet on such things these days, but I'd 
also note that he has popular fame for creating something that he didn't 
want to create.