Re: Changing the Social Contract of the Web

On 13/03/2013 14:04, "Tobie Langel" <tobie@w3.org> wrote:

>On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Appelquist Daniel (UK) wrote:
>> The "social contract" of the Web is that you open your browser, type a
>>URL into the address bar (or select a bookmark or similar) and away you
>>go interacting with some content or service provider.
>I'd argue that for many the web is much more about searching in Google
>and following links. The address bar is essentially used to tip win
>search terms nowadays.

Then replace "type a URL into the address bar" with "click on a link from
your favorite search engine."  Actually your example underscores my point
- because part of the expected experience of the Web is now being able to
type search terms into some place on the browser chrome (increasingly the
same place you type addresses) and having search results come up.

BTW I'm not saying this (changing users' expectations about how the Web
works) is necessarily a bad thing - I just want to make sure we go into
this with our eyes open.

Dan

Received on Wednesday, 13 March 2013 13:15:04 UTC