[treetrouble]

It seemed like a slick new iteration of Gopher with the capability of inline images (that no one really had yet)

[csixty4]

That was my reaction, too. What's the big deal? It's just Gopher with graphics.

[nickzoic]

... and a bit of LaTeX mixed in for good measure.

It'll never catch on.

[Todd]

Of course, the images came later, thanks to pmarca.