Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderFor those uninitiated, this is the Duke Nukem Forever of hypertext: http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/3.06/xanadu_pr.html Xanadu was meant to be a universal library, a worldwide hypertext publishing tool, a system to resolve copyright disputes, and a meritocratic forum for discussion and debate. By putting all information within reach of all people, Xanadu was meant to eliminate scientific ignorance and cure political misunderstandings. And, on the very hackerish assumption that global catastrophes are caused…
Xanadu was Ted Nelson's proposed version of a hypertext publishing medium that predates the World Wide Web. (I believe he coined the term "hypermedia", but I could be wrong) It is interesting alternative to "what could have been", and inspired the imagination of technologists in the 70s (I believe). It featured some unique elements: - subdivision of "documents" so that sections (sentences, paragraphs) can be folded in from other sources. Somewhat similar to remote CDNs for images, but did chunks…
http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/3.06/xanadu.html No longer vaporware!!! I've been waiting for this forever!
Too little, too late. After all this time, still no convenient, stable and performant cross platform installer? Thanks for giving nothing, but an idea? Which wont fit into the current circumstances, lacking universal real-time micropayments globally?
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 393
- Total comments
- 188
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-05 | Xanadu: we have a working deliverableFirst breakout · Best thread | tagrun | 210 | 99 |
| 2014-06-12 | OpenXanadu | wolfgke | 2 | 1 |
| 2016-11-20 | PROJECT XANADU: The Original Hypertext Project | setra | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-09-17 | XanaduLatest 20+ point return | tosh | 171 | 86 |
| 2020-02-17 | The Original Hypertext Project | erikbye | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-01-19 | Xanadu | timmers | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-07-29 | Project Xanadu | pizza | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-04-16 | Project Xanadu | smartmic | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-11-28 | Project Xanadu | harryday | 1 | 2 |
