Ted Nelson introducing some of the basic principles of Xanadu, his hypertext design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMKy52Intac
He stresses the importance of visible hyperlinks, an interesting choice when some UI designers argue that today's underlined links are distracting for readers.
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