> A key element of future computers will be to get rid of web browsers as a separate application category. Microsoft seemed to be heading in that direction at

> A key element of future computers will be to get rid of web browsers as a separate application category. Microsoft seemed to be heading in that direction at the time. But the decision in the Netscape lawsuit made it impossible. At the time, the case was hailed as a victory over the evil monopolist; hardly anyone seemed to notice that it also basically prohibited sensible UI for access to arbitrary information resources.