Comments on: Demise of the Browser http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/ A journey through Finance, the Environment, and Emerging Industries Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Priyanka http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9622 Priyanka Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:34:28 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9622 Google wave might again bring a big shift reducing browser monopoly further Google wave might again bring a big shift reducing browser monopoly further

]]> By: David J Castello http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9619 David J Castello Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:19:45 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9619 Yes, I agree Owen. I would say there are at least 10,000 highly successful, developed domain names out there with the vast majority being dotCom and the rest being ccTLDs. That may not sound like a lot, but throw in eBay.com, Hotels.com, etc and we're talking billions, if not trillions, of dollars. It's the classic adage, 10% of the businesses making 90% of the gross revenue. Domain names follow the same suite. Yes, I agree Owen. I would say there are at least 10,000 highly successful, developed domain names out there with the vast majority being dotCom and the rest being ccTLDs. That may not sound like a lot, but throw in eBay.com, Hotels.com, etc and we’re talking billions, if not trillions, of dollars. It’s the classic adage, 10% of the businesses making 90% of the gross revenue. Domain names follow the same suite.

]]> By: owen frager http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9618 owen frager Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:01:52 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9618 Yes David, YOUR dotCOMs will be here but not 90% of the others. It's like the reason 9 of 10 new ventures fail. It's one thing to hold on to a dream. It's another to build a profitable business. GM can't do it. So why would you think 86 million domain holders can? Is there even room for 86 million online businesses, or 10 million? Can you name 100,000 that are successful now? Yes David, YOUR dotCOMs will be here but not 90% of the others. It’s like the reason 9 of 10 new ventures fail. It’s one thing to hold on to a dream. It’s another to build a profitable business. GM can’t do it. So why would you think 86 million domain holders can? Is there even room for 86 million online businesses, or 10 million? Can you name 100,000 that are successful now?

]]> By: Conor http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9617 Conor Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:44:44 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9617 Did you see the % change in growth in that article? +34% for the browser, +83% for the apps. I'm not talking about today...I'm talking about tomorrow. Did you see the % change in growth in that article? +34% for the browser, +83% for the apps. I’m not talking about today…I’m talking about tomorrow.

]]> By: David J Castello http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9616 David J Castello Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:11:39 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9616 Good points all, but you have to realize that you are way ahead of the curve of the general population. Five years from now, it will be interesting to see which of these applications survive to become standard. The one thing I can assure you is that dotCom will still be here in force because the public has embraced dotCom not as a TLD, but as the brand of the Internet. The QWERTY system on keyboards has to be the most ridiculous thing ever invented. But it was there first and the public embraced it. 135 years later it's still the standard. Good points all, but you have to realize that you are way ahead of the curve of the general population. Five years from now, it will be interesting to see which of these applications survive to become standard. The one thing I can assure you is that dotCom will still be here in force because the public has embraced dotCom not as a TLD, but as the brand of the Internet.

The QWERTY system on keyboards has to be the most ridiculous thing ever invented. But it was there first and the public embraced it. 135 years later it’s still the standard.

]]> By: Acro http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9615 Acro Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:55:17 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9615 Twitter is hardly revolutionary. In the pre-browser era, till today, people used Internet Relay Chat (IRC) which still retains a large amount of non-web traffic and it's real time. The reason the browser became popular wasn't any fancy-smancy "social network" like twitter, but the implementation of the web's protocols in an easy to use application. If you'd rather use twitter deck for twitter, that's a different interface, the traffic still goes over http. IRC and applications like Skype or previously CU-See-Me use different ports than web browsers do, while still retaining a graphical interface. URL shorteners emerged due to the popularity of twitter's twisted 140-char limit. Rejaw.com which offered unlimited posting was similar, albeit superior technically unfortunately shut down; yet, it received little recognition by the media, unlike twitter that was somehow adopted by CNN's hype-inducing "techies". Back to web browsers, they control 100% of all search engine traffic so they won't go away as the primary medium of "getting on the Net". Twitter is hardly revolutionary. In the pre-browser era, till today, people used Internet Relay Chat (IRC) which still retains a large amount of non-web traffic and it’s real time. The reason the browser became popular wasn’t any fancy-smancy “social network” like twitter, but the implementation of the web’s protocols in an easy to use application. If you’d rather use twitter deck for twitter, that’s a different interface, the traffic still goes over http. IRC and applications like Skype or previously CU-See-Me use different ports than web browsers do, while still retaining a graphical interface. URL shorteners emerged due to the popularity of twitter’s twisted 140-char limit. Rejaw.com which offered unlimited posting was similar, albeit superior technically unfortunately shut down; yet, it received little recognition by the media, unlike twitter that was somehow adopted by CNN’s hype-inducing “techies”. Back to web browsers, they control 100% of all search engine traffic so they won’t go away as the primary medium of “getting on the Net”.

]]> By: Shaun http://www.GreenTaxi.com/demise-of-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-9614 Shaun Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:15:21 +0000 http://www.GreenTaxi.com/?p=1861#comment-9614 This just released report refutes everything you just said about the mobile browser: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/09/when-it-comes-to-getting-local-content-on-your-phone-the-mobile-browser-is-still-king/ "Despite the avalanche of mobile apps that let people access local information, the mobile browser is still the king when it comes to finding out what’s going on in your city or neighborhood." This just released report refutes everything you just said about the mobile browser:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/09/when-it-comes-to-getting-local-content-on-your-phone-the-mobile-browser-is-still-king/

“Despite the avalanche of mobile apps that let people access local information, the mobile browser is still the king when it comes to finding out what’s going on in your city or neighborhood.”

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