12-27-2005, 09:35 AM
Quote:Fifteen years after the birth of the Web browser, development of the software is increasingly focused on provoking users to define their own ways of consuming information online.
When Tim Berners-Lee wrote the first Web client, or browser editor, in 1990, his aim was to build a creative tool that would allow people using the nascent system to organize information and present it to others in a fun, dynamic way.
Fifteen years into the project, he and other experts closely involved with shaping the browser's legacy agree that fostering greater levels of user interaction remains their ultimate goal.
full article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1903737,00.asp