> OTOH, maybe this is a win. We need to get away from this > whole "The browser is a poor man's operating system" model > anyway. Let the browser do a great j

> OTOH, maybe this is a win. We need to get away from this > whole "The browser is a poor man's operating system" model > anyway. Let the browser do a great job of browsing > hypermedia Yes that is the only win I can see as well. Obviously they want to turn browsers from general kitchen utensils to pure entertainment and amusement platforms, for media and information consumption. (Hm wait, wasn't that what the WWW was supposed to be, back in its early days? Are we going back to the dark ages or is it just the usual turn of history?)