Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site France's Minitel lives on (28 Sep 2003) Minitel may be an ugly duckling, but it was a precocious one when it was officially launched in 1983, intended to save money on telephone directories. Article URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3142862.stm Read 113 more articles from BBC News sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Going with the Flow: Interaction Design for Healthcare This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy