“Doom”-like interfaces will be the next model for browsers … 3D scenes will be commonplace by the end of the year. Hot Java is actually about six years old. Ultimately, users will have complete control over how content is viewed.
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: ”‘Doom’-like interfaces will be the next model for browsers. Current VRML does not support views of other people using browsers on the same page, Java will change that. 3D scenes will be ‘commonplace’ by the end of the year. Hot Java is actually about six years old. Ultimately, users will have complete control over how content is viewed.”
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.