The prediction, in brief:

In the constant search for a killer app that will bring the Net to the masses, Mosaic is the current pick. It allows for navigation throughout the Internet with a consistent and attractive hypermedia interface. The bad sign is that only the Net intelligentsia are excited about Mosaic – the typical PC user isn’t clamoring for the program.

Predictor: Steinberg, Steve G.

Prediction, in context:

In a 1994 article listing tech items and issues that are currently being hyped, Steve Steinberg of Wired magazine writes:”In the constant search for a killer app that will bring the Net to the masses, Mosaic is the current pick. It allows for navigation throughout the Internet with a consistent and attractive hypermedia interface. The bad sign is that only the Net intelligentsia are excited about Mosaic – the typical PC user isn’t clamoring for the program. There are a few reasons for this: Mosaic is non-trivial to set up, it requires full network connectivity, and most importantly, it still requires a lot of exploring to find what you want. But getting lost on the Net has never been so much fun.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure

Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software

Name of publication: Wired

Title, headline, chapter name: Hype List: Mosaic

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.04/hypelist.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney