HTML's Magical Simplification

Doing More by Doing Less

Unidirectional Links HTML links are simple - they go from 'here' to 'there'. The 'there' is specified by a URL,and the 'here' is the link's location in the document.
Every Page an Island Pages don't need to know anything about links directed toward them. Their URLs are sufficient identifiers, though authors may supplement those with internal anchors.
No Nested Links HTML prohibits links within links, insisting upon a simple model for one-dimensional links. There is no 'default' link for a page, or multiple layers of linking possibilities.
Simplicity Encourages Development HTML finally made hypertext easy enough that it could reach critical mass.