whynotisay

Nope. There was no "first" site as you say - it was literally just a list of links.

The most innovative ones were iframes of a single source of links (iframes were all the rage, unless of course you clicked "no frames" as a user, because your internet was so slow).

But even the less formal ones simply listed links to other sites, there was no visit order, and definitely was not directional/circular.

It's "ring" like a boxing ring - as in "those within the ring" not a directional loop like you mention.

You just gave me PTSD, and probably anyone who has been forced to use Mantine at work.

Mantine sucks so much it's unreal.

It's the react-table of UI libraries. Absolutely over-engineered and terrible in every way compared to everything else available.

Had to scroll way too far to find this - mantine sucks so much I hate it and hope no manager ever forces it on anyone ever again

I create a new account for every top-level comment, and have for years.

The moderation is so childish on this site I just take their power away.

They are not actually good enough to fully ban by IP or anything else.

One of the worst designed features of all time. More problems than solutions with that one

Think more like "boxing ring" in that everything inside the circle is "in the ring".

The weird one is actually "rink" as in "skating rink" – because it derives from the word for "line".

So what you're talking about might actually be called a "web rink" if it existed, in that links flow in a linear fashion.