The 2015 Browser
Released on - 6/17/2010 6:06:00 PM
Your PC hasn't changed dramatically in five years, so you might imagine that your browser will remain relatively unchanged five years from now. If so, you are in for a shock... or a pleasant surprise!
Browsers will not just be the gateway to the Internet, as they are today. They will form the hub of your digital experience - the control centre from which you will be able to do almost anything.
The Omnipresent Bowser
Logic and common sense dictate that web browsers won't just be restricted to PCs any more. We'll be using them in our cars, on our handhelds (we already use them in our mobile phones) and just about everywhere.
3D browsers will be the norm, but you won't be required to wear clunky glasses. You will use them to run all of your apps: games, translations, office executables, your TV, printer, tablets, music devices and so on. Some of these already exist in a very primitive form - you could consider them beta versions or, at best, v1.0 of what you will be using five years from now. For example, you might have rotating 3D, giving you a full 360 degree view of a room or game. Thanks to high-speed Internet access and sophisticated 4G, you could control your fridge and other appliances through it.
Touchless Browsers
Naturally, you won't be surprised to hear that browsers will be touch-screen, i.e. you will be able to control them with your fingertips. But hey! What if you could control your browser without touching it at all! Think about how you might use gesture-controlled apps or perhaps, at the extreme, even thought-recognition browsers? The most likely scenario is that browsers will be controlled by gestures and perhaps by eye movement and voice recognition.
Speech to Text Apps
Text to speech already exists in a very limited format. But imagine a speech to text app in which you won't have to learn to type at all! You could just fire commands off at your browser, like you do to your assistant, for it to take you to any website you want.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing could be the death knell for the struggling Microsoft Office range of products, and could usher in an era of online browser-based productivity suites like Google Docs.
"You're going to see tremendous innovation in the browser space in the coming years," says Google's VP of Engineering, Linus Upson.
Browsers will not just be the gateway to the Internet, as they are today. They will form the hub of your digital experience - the control centre from which you will be able to do almost anything.
The Omnipresent Bowser
Logic and common sense dictate that web browsers won't just be restricted to PCs any more. We'll be using them in our cars, on our handhelds (we already use them in our mobile phones) and just about everywhere.
3D browsers will be the norm, but you won't be required to wear clunky glasses. You will use them to run all of your apps: games, translations, office executables, your TV, printer, tablets, music devices and so on. Some of these already exist in a very primitive form - you could consider them beta versions or, at best, v1.0 of what you will be using five years from now. For example, you might have rotating 3D, giving you a full 360 degree view of a room or game. Thanks to high-speed Internet access and sophisticated 4G, you could control your fridge and other appliances through it.
Touchless Browsers
Naturally, you won't be surprised to hear that browsers will be touch-screen, i.e. you will be able to control them with your fingertips. But hey! What if you could control your browser without touching it at all! Think about how you might use gesture-controlled apps or perhaps, at the extreme, even thought-recognition browsers? The most likely scenario is that browsers will be controlled by gestures and perhaps by eye movement and voice recognition.
Speech to Text Apps
Text to speech already exists in a very limited format. But imagine a speech to text app in which you won't have to learn to type at all! You could just fire commands off at your browser, like you do to your assistant, for it to take you to any website you want.
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing could be the death knell for the struggling Microsoft Office range of products, and could usher in an era of online browser-based productivity suites like Google Docs.
"You're going to see tremendous innovation in the browser space in the coming years," says Google's VP of Engineering, Linus Upson.
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