Themother of all demos

[ 1] Engelbart copies and pastes text repeatedly, then uses view control to display just the first line of each paragraph. [ 2] A list of items can be arranged into categories.

[ 3] A key feature was that NLS could organise and handle information hierarchically.

[ 4] Engelbart moves to a route map of his shopping trip; each location links to the relevant subset of items on his list.

[ 5] Another hierarchy, with each label representing a separate hyperlinked text document. [ 6] A remote co-worker helps to demo collaborative working.