10 Years of the World Wide Web

NCSA Mosaic was first released ten years ago today (oh, I guess you could mark time from the 1.0 release, but who's counting), marking the first milestone in the evolution of the graphical World Wide Web. HTTP was originally developed between 1989-1991, but didn't take off until there was a useful browser which could display inline images. You can still download old versions of Mosaic from browsers.evolt.org. So, all you folks who think you have a real handle on technological progress: what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?

2013

[genka]

So, all you folks who think you have a real handle on technological progress: what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?

I do not know and will not know. I will be in jail for stealing AOL/TW revenue by using an illegal 3D pop-up-down-sideways blocker.

I predict...

[Ant2]

...mostly ones and zeros

Obviously plagarized

[unterderbrucke]

How did he get first post rights and manage to download, install, and review software in less than a minute?

MOSAIC!

[_PimpDaddy7_]

Man, I remember back in 1993 I was a sophomore in college. My FIRST experience with the web was Mosaic on a DECstation. I was telling people, this sh*t is way cool...

Then...it got MUCH better...

I found p0rn.... ;)

Web browsing in 2013

[freeze128]

It will take forever for the 3d holograms to load over a broadband cable connection. Also, the psychic popup ads will be a real pain....

in stead of it being all porno

[Unknown Poltroon]

itll be all programs for downloading and creating your very own woman using your biowheel printer.

Ok, a man can dream, cant he?

It will look...

[1984]

...new fangled and silly. I was 18 when I started using Mosaic at University, and thus it was hip and happening. But now it's all bells and whistles, and everyone went and got themselves in a big damned hurry. And youngsters these days, well...

Re:I predict...

[Anonymous Coward]

but the ones and zeros will be driving around in flying cars.

Look like?

[Anonymous Coward]

Ha! In ten years the internet will be wireless signals broadcast directly into your brain, stimulating your various senses. It will be, "have you 'felt' this site?" Go Porn industry!

For 2013?

[electro_mike]

By the way things are going the internet will probably be 80% porn movies and pics, and 19% 3d porn.

Re:MOSAIC!

[pi radians]

My first was using Lynx through telnet to a local community college... ... the porn sucked.

Re:What if Netscape won?

[B3ryllium]

Everyone would be forced to eat at Taco Bell.

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Re:And then...

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

Er, you mean <blink>, right?

Doesn't work in IE, works in Moz though...

2013

[Anonymous Coward]

We'll still be using the web to find out the release date for "Duke Nukem Forever".

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Gimme karma, bitches.

Re:MOSAIC!

[IIRCAFAIKIANAL]

yup, much porn involves sucking.

In the year 2000…

[scotay]

In 2013, webservers will have become conscious and slashdotting will be considered the worst act of cruelty by PETA.

YAY!!!

[LooseChanj]

The pornograph is 10 years old! And I think we all know how to celebrate. ;-)

In 10 years ...

[Paul Lamere]

I hope that someone realizes that using "www" with 9 syllables is a silly way to abbreviate "world wide web" with 3.

ooooohh! I know! I know!

[chunkwhite86]

So, all you folks who think you have a real handle on technological progress: what will information-access-over-electronic-networks look like in 2013?

It will look like CowboyNeal!!

Re:I remember this...

[Archbishop]

It's still mostly devoid of content :-)

Re:Web browsing in 2013

[cindik]

It will take forever for the 3d holograms to load over a broadband cable connection.

Well, sure, if you're still using that lousy broadband cable connection. What kind of ancient equipment would you be using? Everyone will be on fiber by then, Luddite!


Also, the psychic popup ads will be a real pain....

Nah, you won't even notice them. You'll be programmed to not notice them.

In fact, you never read this message.

Re:In 10 years ...

[Doomrat]

How about Dubya Dubya Dubya?

Re:10 years... So similiar...

[Anonymous Coward]

lynx (my girlfriend's browser of choice)

Lynx is easy on the hand, I agree.

Only when we're desperate do we resort to Opera.

It's what graphical browsing was invented for.

Re:10 years... So similiar...

[bashibazouk]

In other words, in 10 years we've gone from functional to annoying.

That's progress for you.

The future will look like...

[jackjumper]

this [perryhoberman.com]

Be afraid...

In the year 2013...

[saintan]

the world wide web will browse YOU!

What's a "browser"?

[liquidsin]

[sinner@localhost sinner]$ telnet slashdot.org 80
Trying 66.35.250.150...
Connected to slashdot.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0

While reading your emails...

[leeet]

"This email brought to you by Ford. Have you flown a Ford lately?"

Re:2013

[flippet]

...and pop-ups will be sales men who literally pop up.

Hey, that'd be great! It would be like whack-a-mole with salespeople... pop-up stoppers would no longer come from websites but hardware stores...

Phil

Re:nongraphical too

[Waffle Iron]

When I started using the Web, I had to telnet to a server at CERN (from Japan, no less) just to run Lynx.

You had it lucky. Where I was stationed, we didn't have any newfangled interactive terminals. We had to punch our URLs onto cards and mail them to headquarters, then wait weeks for the next supply drop to bring our web page printouts and beef jerkey.

Is it really all that surprising?

[fwoomer]

HTTP was originally developed between 1989-1991, but didn't take off until there was a useful browser which could display inline images.

Well, DUH. ASCII porn isn't NEARLY as cool as the full-color stuff.

Re:In 10 years ...

[MissMyNewton]

That constitutes a *troll*? That's exactly how I say it cause I'm lazy!

A troll would be:

In French, it's pronounced "we surrender" "we surrender" "we surrender"

Now THAT'S a troll!

C'mon mods, get with it!

Re:Ahh, I remember the begining....

[MSBob]

since i was so young, i really didn't know or need to know about the cool thing it could potentially do.

...And then you hit puberty!

Long term pronunciation change?

[Celandro]

The english language is not static. It can, will and some would say, MUST change based on usage. Language is meant to communicate quickly and clearly. When a certain letter 'double you' is said outloud over and over, it will get abreviated.

The real question is wether the prounciation of the letter will change in common usage. As noted elsewhere, 'w' is the only 3 syllable letter in the english language, all others are single syllable. In fact all other letters are pronounced as vowel-consonent or consonent-vowel. Since 'you' is already a letter, and w's now look more like double v's than double u's, my guess is that 'dub' and eventually 'duh' will replace 'double you' in the long term. The advent of the 9 syllable 3 letter acronym as a catalyst for this change in pronunciation can bee seen already.

So my prediction for 10 years from now? The whole world changes to a environmentalist green paradise with no machines or computers or internet. The only lasting remains? The pronunciation of the letter 'w' in the english language has changed to 'duh'. This is to remind us all how stupid the dot-com boom was.

Re:In 10 years ...

[FireballFreddy]

That ain't a troll, it's Funny +1. Unless you're French and have no sense of humor, in which case it's Le Troll -0. Zero because the French never use force to change a situation. ;)

And here come the mods! *ducks*