The next generation of tools will give you one interface to even more information services. Now you may use two different applications for e-mail and news. Mosaic would combine those programs into one interface. It would make information retrieval not dependent on a particular protocol … Mosaic is essentially a browser. The hypertext language will let you produce information. Users will become content providers as well as consumers.
Predictor: Wilson, Scott
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 article for InfoWorld, Karen Rodriguez interviews Scott Wilson, who led the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications development team that brought Mosaic from Unix to Windows, then went to work for Spry Inc. Following is an excerpt of their conversation: Q: “What will the Internet interface look like in the next generation? What functions and services can it provide?” A: “The next generation of tools will give you one interface to even more information services. Now you may use two different applications for e-mail and news. Mosaic would combine those programs into one interface. It would make information retrieval not dependent on a particular protocol – I would not care that e-mail goes over SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol] or that news goes over NMTP. Now Mosaic is essentially a browser. The hypertext language will let you produce information. Users will become content providers as well as consumers.”
Date of prediction: August 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: Language/Interface/Software
Name of publication: InfoWorld
Title, headline, chapter name: Spry’s Wilson Helps to Tame the Internet Jungle
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?Did=000000000019904&Fmt=3&Deli=1&Mtd=1&Idx=1&Sid=1&RQT=309
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