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Of course it had. But, compared to the web, it was (1) less convenient to get; and (2) separated from the textual content. Think about the difference between a web page and a set of files sitting in a directory.
I'm not sure I'm getting out of that comparison what you meant to put into it. I find the set of files in a directory a heck of a lot more convenient.