The Future of Website Browsing
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Keeping abreast of all things tech-related is a hobby of ours. A recent article we read and passed around discussed the future of web browsing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5] as we know it. The article outlined changes that developers think should be made, though whether those ideas come to fruition is yet to be seen. Here are two of the ideas we found most intriguing:
Ending URLs
Websites currently are identified uniquely by what comes after the dot (.). For instance, when you want to head to Facebook, you have to type in Facebook.com. Simply typing the word ‘Facebook’ into your search bar will give you a list of sites to choose from. What would happen if we could get rid of .org, .com, .edu, .gov and even .me? Would it make the web simpler for users? We think so.
It may, however, make it more difficult for site builders. When researching how to make your own website for free, you will undoubtedly be instructed to create a domain name. If you want to name your page PetsRUs.com, for instance, but it is taken, you can simply change the ending to .org or even .info. Without these unique identifiers, the virtually limitless options of site names could become very limited indeed.
Roll-Back
If you aren’t connected to your laptop 24 hours a day, you stand a chance of missing news. Sites like CNN, the Wall Street Journal and even the New York Times update their landing pages dozens of times in a single day. What if you were given the capability of rolling back the content to a starting time of your choice?
Maybe you are tied to your laptop 24 hours a day for fear of missing something important. It’s not advisable but certainly feasible. Could you break your addiction if you were able to go backwards and see what you had missed while you were away? We think so.
The future of web-browsing is wide open and limited only by the imaginations of developers. We can only wait and see what interesting improvements will be made in web-browsing. With the rate that new technology is released, we shouldn’t be waiting long.