Interactivity will be responsible for new metaphors; interactivity will be the ultimate user control for page layout; interactive browsers will let users redefine the layout of a site on the fly, at will.
Predictor: Andreessen, Marc
Prediction, in context:The following comes from notes taken by William P. Barr at an appearance by Marc Andreessen as a guest lecturer at a graduate class at Stanford University: ”A change of the page metaphor is imminent. HTML 3 will be the launchpad: -interactivity will be responsible for new metaphors -interactivity will be the ultimate user control for page layout -interactive browsers will let users redefine the layout of a site on the fly, at will -indexing, navigational aides and content organization will quickly supersede current layout and design issues -VRML and Hot Java will support this change.”
Biography:Marc Andreessen worked with Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in 1992, to develop a browser that would be usable on any computer, easy to use and graphically rich. In 1993, their browser, Mosaic, completely changed the face of the Internet Ð it allowed HTML “image” tags which make it so text and art can appear on the same page; it allowed easy text scrolling; and it introduced hyperlinks, allowing users to simply click on an area of the screen to go to another document on the Internet. In1994, Mosaic was developed and marketed; the product eventually was named Netscape. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Title, headline, chapter name: The Future of the Internet
Quote Type: Paraphrase
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.sd28.bc.ca/QSS/fnetscap.htm
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Allen, Patrick J.