Joe Monti

Monday, July 12, 2004

The Future of the Browser Pt. 2

I did some more thinking about the future of the browser and came to an interesting impasse. While my ideas are good, I just don't think we are ready for it. The reason is that the web is still very much a form of artistic expression.

The problem is that my idea causes a shift in artistic control. Now, the artistic control is in the hands of the author, but with my idea of specializing the browser, the artistic control will move to the user. Just with your desktop, where you can set backgrounds and themes, your "browser" will have similar capabilities.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I know authors and web designers want to compose their information the way they want it to look, but the user is the one who has to look at it and like it.

The real problem now is that the state of the web is still in its infancy. And people are still playing with their new toy. But eventually the browser will segment and become more specialized for the information it is presenting. The main driving force is that the web is growing immensely, and we are getting to the point where there is just too much information in one place.

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