Weird Browsers

My 1995 self would be very interested to find that that my browser no longer has a stop button, or any other navigation buttons. And that it uses a weird form of MDI, like tabs in an application’s preferences.

My 1995 self would probably be pretty confused that I consider my bookmarks menu to be a vestigial feature that hasn’t been cleared of the software’s defaults or populated with any categorized reference material. And that a download manager is built in, and not shameful browser side-ware. And that, still, nobody cares about anything similar to VRML.

My 1995 self would probably not understand at all that my browser has a default deny policy for all plugins and javascript. And that it hides comments on any page from other “netizens” besides the author. And that it has a huge button that hides all the pictures and videos and ads and style and just shows the text in a suck.com style readable format. And that it has two export buttons that save the text off-web somewhere because things on the web disappear or are hard to find. And that I don’t hide ads because I understand that adults need to be paid for their work.

August 30th, 2013 7:04pm