Most of the attention offered the next step in web evolution is focued on websites. And rightly (or should I say Writely) so. New browser-based services are moving us from our PC’s to our Browsers. But that is only the top layer of the new Web 2.0 OS.
Services may come from the web, but User Scripts, via Grease Monkey, allow these services and their function to be customized at the user level. This provides a personalized web application experience.
Going down one more level, you reach the browser. For a complete Web 2.0 experience, your browser must be more than a window to the web, it must become your secure repository for account information and quick interaction with your services (think Firefox Gmail notifier).
One bunch that gets this is Flock, a new browser - based on Firefox - that integrates del.icio.us, Flickr and blog posting right into the browser. Check it out
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November 21st, 2005 at 2:34 am
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