[alasdairking]

Nah. Adding the IMG tag. Without that, it is text only, and destined for limited uptake like Prestel or CEEFAX.

[marbu]

Img tag was important, but it doesn't mean that web was text only before the tag was introduced: people were linking to pictures in the same way how would one link to any other resource, and when you opened the link, the picture was shown in a new window.