Hello, World
In December 1990, an application called WorldWideWeb was developed on a NeXT machine at The European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN) just outside of Geneva. This program – WorldWideWeb — is the antecedent of most of what we consider or know of as "the web" today.
In February 2019, in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the development of WorldWideWeb, a group of developers and designers convened at CERN to rebuild the original browser within a contemporary browser, allowing users around the world to experience the rather humble origins of this transformative technology.
This project was supported by the US Mission in Geneva through the CERN & Society Foundation.
Party like it’s 1989
Ready to browse the World Wide Web using WorldWideWeb?
- Launch the WorldWideWeb browser.
- Select "Document" from the menu on the side.
- Select "Open from full document reference".
- Type a URL into the "reference" field.
- Click "Open".
Click here to jump in (and remember you need to double-click on links):
How To Open a URL
