CERN recreated the original WorldWideWeb browser for you to try out

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The birthplace of the modern internet is the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, when engineers proposed the first HyperText browser in March 1989. To commemorate the anniversary, a group of CERN developers have recreated that original browser interface (via Engadget), allowing users to see what the internet was like at the very beginning.

30 years ago next month, engineers at CERN issued a proposal for a new program to help with managing information within the organization called “Information Management: A Proposal.” After some revisions, the proposal laid out the framework for a program that would provide an interface to the user to present information, utilizing links to allow users to browse the information...

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