One step closer
Google is opening a Web Store to collect web apps in one place:
Now, this should give you a small glimpse into how Google and I see the future of the internet:
Gone are the cryptic URLS and gone is this page-by-page nonsense. Instead of writing a string of letters and numbers in a search bar and thereby navigating to a certain site, we are now presented with an online world much closer to that of our offline world. We have icons, we have shortcuts, we have depth and we have interactivity. We have spend years perfecting this offline world and now we are really beginning to perfecting the online world as well, slowly merging the interfaces.
Think of this scenario: What if, in Windows or OS X or linux, whenever you wanted to go to a folder or open a new app, you had to write the name of the folder/app and it's path in the terminal. What a waste of time, right? Well, that is where we are right now on the web. "Web pages" are not a necessity of the internet. I do not have 'pages' on my Snow Leopard OS so why would we not be able to get rid of pages on the internet as well? Why not take what we learned from the offline world and incorporate it into the online world?
What we will get in the near future is something much further away from the current "Type URL- go to site, type new URL- go to site". It is a more interactive and dynamic homepage. A mix between the current Chrome homepage, your desktop on your OS (folders etc) and a presentation of Applications. Much more intuitive, much more visual and much more relevant.
And that will just be the beginning. As Google has predicted, the browser is the new operating system.
EDIT: Need to clear up some misunderstandings. No, I am not saying that "search" or the address bar is gonna disappear. Search has not disappeared from the desktop environment and of course it will not disappear on the web. What I am saying is that the two worlds are becoming increasingly similar, and just as the average consumer does not go into terminal to navigate to a certain folder, in the same way he will not have to write and decipher the URLs of today.
What's the advantage of "installing" an app from Chrome Web Store?
When Google Chrome users "install" a web application from the store, a convenient shortcut is added for quickly accessing the app.
Now, this should give you a small glimpse into how Google and I see the future of the internet:
Gone are the cryptic URLS and gone is this page-by-page nonsense. Instead of writing a string of letters and numbers in a search bar and thereby navigating to a certain site, we are now presented with an online world much closer to that of our offline world. We have icons, we have shortcuts, we have depth and we have interactivity. We have spend years perfecting this offline world and now we are really beginning to perfecting the online world as well, slowly merging the interfaces.
Think of this scenario: What if, in Windows or OS X or linux, whenever you wanted to go to a folder or open a new app, you had to write the name of the folder/app and it's path in the terminal. What a waste of time, right? Well, that is where we are right now on the web. "Web pages" are not a necessity of the internet. I do not have 'pages' on my Snow Leopard OS so why would we not be able to get rid of pages on the internet as well? Why not take what we learned from the offline world and incorporate it into the online world?
What we will get in the near future is something much further away from the current "Type URL- go to site, type new URL- go to site". It is a more interactive and dynamic homepage. A mix between the current Chrome homepage, your desktop on your OS (folders etc) and a presentation of Applications. Much more intuitive, much more visual and much more relevant.
And that will just be the beginning. As Google has predicted, the browser is the new operating system.
EDIT: Need to clear up some misunderstandings. No, I am not saying that "search" or the address bar is gonna disappear. Search has not disappeared from the desktop environment and of course it will not disappear on the web. What I am saying is that the two worlds are becoming increasingly similar, and just as the average consumer does not go into terminal to navigate to a certain folder, in the same way he will not have to write and decipher the URLs of today.
The most important thought in recent tech-times
An absolute must-read. The quicker we get rid of "Files" and/or "folder hierarchy" the better.
Something that Microsoft, Google and maybe even Apple does not quite get yet.
Something that Microsoft, Google and maybe even Apple does not quite get yet.
Jakob Nielsen on the iPad
I hope Apple is listening to this.
I would very much like to see a conversation between Jobs and Nielsen, regarding the iPad.
I would very much like to see a conversation between Jobs and Nielsen, regarding the iPad.
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