The next generation of web browsers
August 5th, 2008 • Internet, Search
Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Too many experiments with computer interfaces are just plain irritating.
Take Compiz for Linux, for example; no, please, do. A thousand and one oh-my-golly-wow UI tricks, including the wacky ability to ‘roll’ between four or more screens. Impressive for 180 seconds, but ultimately pointless (sorry if you’re reading this, Team Compiz, but I’ve installed and uninstalled the thing too many times).
Then today, I came across a depiction of the next generation of web browsers that didn’t sniff of geekery for its own sake.
The Aurora concept video predicts a time when browsing is no longer such a solo venture, and when the internet is truly integrated into an OS (you may think that’s the case today - watch Aurora, and think again).
Written and directed by Jesse James Garrett at Adaptive Path, the video is part of the Mozilla Labs concept browser series, the aim of which is to encourage more web folk to think harder about the next big breakthrough in accessing the web.
OK, so the dialogue in Aurora is a little cheesy (sorry, Danielle and Byron), but the notion of a truly collaborative browser works. It’s something you can instantly imagine using, to the point where you’ll switch back to your Firefox or IE7 today and be p*ssed that it isn’t there.
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