where’s your web at? trends and predictions in web technology john allsopp web directions south 2007

trends and predictions in web technology

computing paradigm you go to the web

you go to the web

computing paradigm on a desk fixed location via keyboard/mouse in isolation

on a desk

fixed location

via keyboard/mouse

in isolation

this is rapidly breaking down

ubiquitous

interaction

operating systems

browsers

platform x(html) CSS Javascript XMLHTTPrequest SVG PNG Flash/AIR silverlight data services storage processing TCP/IP

the centre cannot hold everything is moving from the centre to the edges we are only beginning to build applications with this in mind

everything is moving from the centre to the edges

we are only beginning to build applications with this in mind

location location location currently too expensive patchy coverage

currently

too expensive

patchy coverage

location location location ~3 years always on commodity pricing

~3 years

always on

commodity pricing

location location location wimax 3G/4G satellite

location location location devices will increasingly know where they are

devices will increasingly know where they are

location location location These developments give us a web unchained from the desktop We will take the web with us wherever we go We will always be connected to the web

These developments give us a web unchained from the desktop

We will take the web with us wherever we go

We will always be connected to the web

location location location very few applications making sense of place responding to place responding to proximity

very few applications

making sense of place

responding to place

responding to proximity

location location location not just mapping it’s about where someone is right now who is nearby what is nearby

not just mapping

it’s about

where someone is right now

who is nearby

what is nearby

location location location privacy and security fundamental to any web based application

privacy and security

fundamental to any web based application

location location location huge opportunity for developers

huge opportunity for developers

what’s your web on?

what’s your web on?

where’s your web running? encouraged casual, shared use wireless remote facilitates use in family room, with larger screens uses Opera, a fully fledged standards based browser

encouraged casual, shared use

wireless remote facilitates use in family room, with larger screens

uses Opera, a fully fledged standards based browser

where’s your web running? shows entrenched paradigms change rapidly “they don’t have the internet on computers now” shared experience living room experience

shows entrenched paradigms change rapidly

“they don’t have the internet on computers now”

shared experience

living room experience

where’s your web running? challenges resolution and accessibility mousing and interaction text input shared experiences

challenges

resolution and accessibility

mousing and interaction

text input

shared experiences

the mobile web at last?

mobile web challenges no baselines to fallback on device dimensions user events typing mousing

no baselines to fallback on

device dimensions

user events

typing

mousing

mobile web challenges many of our design and interaction patterns are meaningless fixed width layouts multicolumn layouts ‘flyout’ menus mouse events

many of our design and interaction patterns are meaningless

fixed width layouts

multicolumn layouts

‘flyout’ menus

mouse events

mobile web challenges user input is profoundly different no mouse or even cursor virtual keyboards voice input and commands

user input is profoundly different

no mouse or even cursor

virtual keyboards

voice input and commands

I did what ? traditional applications rely on active user input

traditional applications rely on active user input

passive input last.fm

passive input always on, go everywhere devices keep track of where you have been who you met what you did what kinds of applications will take advantage of this capability?

always on, go everywhere devices

keep track

of where you have been

who you met

what you did

what kinds of applications will take advantage of this capability?

where’s your data at?

silos of data traditional computing and the web isolated data and services walled gardens - registration ownership - IMDB, Amazon User Reviews

traditional computing and the web

isolated data and services

walled gardens - registration

ownership - IMDB, Amazon User Reviews

data at the centre browser user site site site unstructured, non semantic tag soup HTML licensing and copyright restrictions islands of isolated data

data at the edges RSS JSON XML uf APIs RDF structured, semantic HTML/XHTML microformats, RDF, XML, RSS more liberal licensing and copyright

data at the edges browser user site site site mashup aggregator mashup

developer’s challenge build applications from the API up use these internally what data and services can you make available?

build applications from the API up

use these internally

what data and services can you make available?

developer’s challenge huge cultural change for organisations and ‘managers’ value is moving from content to attention how do you encourage the use of your data?

huge cultural change for organisations and ‘managers’

value is moving from content to attention

how do you encourage the use of your data?

ecosystems users are becoming the ecosystem not just contributing content

users are becoming the ecosystem

not just contributing content

ecosystems

ecosystems how do you encourage ecosystems? customizability plug in architectures APIs licensing

how do you encourage ecosystems?

customizability

plug in architectures

APIs

licensing

atomic applications smaller more focussed easier to debug and maintain easier to bring to market easier to abandon

challenges How are you planning for a move toward always on web enabled devices?

How are you planning for a move toward always on web enabled devices?

challenges How are you thinking about devices which know where they are? know where others are?

How are you thinking about devices which

know where they are?

know where others are?

challenges How are you planning for the coming huge array of user experiences away from the computer/mouse keyboard to in car, hand held, living room, laptop, and more?

How are you planning for the coming huge array of user experiences

away from the computer/mouse keyboard

to in car, hand held, living room, laptop, and more?

challenges How are you planning to liberate your data and content?

How are you planning to liberate your data and content?

challenges How will your applications enable and encourage ecosystems of users?

How will your applications enable and encourage ecosystems of users?

challenges thank you http://webdirections.org [email_address]

thank you

http://webdirections.org

[email_address]