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By: ken

ken — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:18:18 +0000

>Frankly, most information relevant to say finding a restaurant is not online. Does your favorite restaurant have a site?
With apps like google maps, yelp, and all the others out there, every restaurant now has some kind of visibility online. It may not be their menu and daily specials, but it will be their address, phone number, and reviews by customers. I personally use the internet to find practically everything now.

By: KRM

KRM — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:07:55 +0000

“Maybe you should research a bit more before making your grand prognostications.”

The entire blogosphere and most of the business non-fiction section of every airport bookstore would disappear in a giant flash if people did this.

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By: Saurabh Kaushik

Saurabh Kaushik — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:31:31 +0000

This is very hype driven conclusion…. I always compare 90′s which was age of PC app, then Web won it. Mobile is another PC(smaller), which will surly turn to same fate Web. Why… Web is centric and App is polar.

By: Justin Cardoza

Justin Cardoza — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:42:21 +0000

I’ll add to the general consensus in these comments: the browser is far from dead. I’m sorry, but apart from what I would call a niche market on the iPhone, custom apps that access the Internet in place of a web browser are just not that commonly used. To make things worse, the few web apps that are available on the desktop almost all use an embedded MSIE window, making them insecure, unreliable, and slow. Besides, an application designed specifically to do one thing has none of the versatility of a web browser. I’d rather wait the extra couple of seconds for my multipurpose browser to start than be limited to doing one or two things online by some narrowly focused program that isn’t good for anything else.

The browser is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Get used to it.

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:27:11 +0000

The notion that the browser is dead is rediculous. For the most part the previous comments here really do have it right. The broswer (in all of its forms) is a container built around the standards of the web. It is those standards that make the access of so many forms of data and applications on the web work. OK, Safari on the iPhone is a godd browser and there are apps out there that really are custom forms of browsers. But the fact is, this is browser technology built on web standards. Now, the great part about using a browser on a laptop/PC is that as new functionality is added I can just get a new browser (usually free by the way), even upgrade my hardware, and I just keep plugging along. The phone vendors really want you to just keep buying new phones all of the time. Your assumptions are really all based on how much you love the gadgets and not how technology really adds value to my life.

By: bubba

bubba — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:23:59 +0000

The reason why the browser is indeed dead is because the desktop is dead. Let’s look at the desktop for a second: it has become a super computer due to Moore’s law and yet we are all still forced to deal with underlined text links and static images. Let’s look at the laptop: it’s turning into a netbook and even into an “iPhone”. The netbook is a dedicated hardware for internet browsing. It IS the browser. The iPhone is a mobile computer. We will see it able to bluetooth to a keyboard and monitor and then i can just leave my laptop home and carry my computer in my jeans pocket. Do i still want to look at underlined text links and static images on an iPhone 3G? I don’t.

Now remember: the internet is a network for sharing data, not HTML, but DATA. The browser is a client app that displays the HTML Data on the internet. On a fiber network with a Moore’s law supercomputer in my pocket, is that how you all want to share data? HTML? text links? Gifs? Go ahead, but my data will be served to me as on demand video, audio, 3d. The “browser” will become a side tab in my data-specific app, in case i want to take view some ancient fossil-fuel car engine manuals.

By: Gadget Sleuth

Gadget Sleuth — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:41:53 +0000

I recently got a Blackberry Curve 8320, and I can see it (almost) replacing a desktop for many needs, especially for the poorer people. The dang thing has a built-in Word editor, scheduler, address book, e-mail program, messenger, browser/internet, music player and camera, all in one device that fits in my pocket and is a half-inch thick. It’s absurd.

By: swag

swag — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:27:09 +0000

Problem is that all these applications are redundant with what should be possible with the browser. The only reason the browser is dead for you is because your phone browser sucks. Ever wonder why this same phenomenon doesn’t exist on the desktop? It’s because we don’t want a new app for every Web site we visit, plain and simple.

In effect, the iPhone app model is a stopgap at best. Maybe this isn’t a return to the 1980s world of fat clients, but essentially it’s the same principle with the mobile Web right now. There’s no reason I should have to download an app for every Web site I find useful.

By: shelly

shelly — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:45:08 +0000

Chrome is not the only sole out there doing innovation in terms of connecting (or disconnectin depending how you look at it…) with the real applications. Take for example the simple add on for Firefox for new tab experience (http://www.newtabking.com) – isn’t it striking how much you can boil in one single destination page?
–shelly

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:41:54 +0000

I agree. And, the main distinction should be device versus PC. I like to think that the web’s greatest strength is its independence, but also that its standards allow an application to draw the necessary information rather than simply a page. This sets the path for widgets and apps.

Apps are going to dominate mobility because we want specific actions rather than general information from a small display. Think of it like scripting rather than as browsing. I draw what is necessary and contextually relevant.

I also see mobile and devices becoming the dominant web platform. Frankly, most information relevant to say finding a restaurant is not online. Does your favorite restaurant have a site? Is it maintained? DOes it have specials? Probably not. But, devices can play a significant role in such scenarios. Imagine that the cash register provides specials information. Is a browser used?

Lots of opportunity here…
Oops…forgot to say great post! Looking forward to your next one.