By 1995 web users were already learning HTML by using browser View Source functions to inspect pages they admired.

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Location PART 2 - FOUR HIDDEN CHIMNEYS CHAPTER 8: THE SHIELD OF SCREWTAPE The shield of Screwtape - Root

"By 1995 web users were already learning HTML by using browser View Source functions to inspect pages they admired."

Justin Hall's 1995 WIRED account describes learning HTML by retrieving a page's source with the browser's View Source option and comparing the markup with the rendered page.

View Source

Source title Net Surf

Source authors Justin Hall

Source year 1995

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