16 4 / 2008
Web OS: The day is near (maybe). [comment/predictions/QA/rant]
We browse. We email. We blog. We surf.
We Twitter. We Google. We YouTube. We Digg. We Skype. We Pownce. We eBay…
And the list goes on…
Bottom-line: We connect.
So when will we be able to do this from a Web Operating System?
Microsoft is probably considering this, but needs to ensure that the licensing can generate the same type of revenue that keeps their coffers stocked full. Apple hasn’t built it yet, but when the do, it will be prefixed with an “i” and the fee will be so negligible, the unemployed could afford it. Google probably wants to make it, and if they haven’t made it already, they have their eyes on that someone, or some company who is making it – and they will buy it.
And to be honest, I can’t wait for that day.
On that day, I would like to see this web OS become the dominant player in town. And to be blunt – I would want it to be monopolized on every desktop, and every platform. In addition, I want the browser for this world wide web connection to be internal, upgradeable, but built into the firmware of whatever hardware you buy.
This is my dream.
And why is that?
Because as a tester, I want to have one universal environment that uses standards that can be applied no matter what. The time spent on configuring 30 different platforms to test a single UI change is a bit daunting, and rather costly.
But then again, I should be careful what I wish for.
If there were some ubiquitous, multiple platform supported web based OS, then the need for testing resources would more then likely dwindle down to a mere automated script.
Who needs a tester, when the script will do just fine.
Never mind.
Link: Is Microsoft’s OS fading into the dead pool?
Link: Google is on the war path
Link: Prediction: Google OS coming soon
Link: Vista Sucks!
P.S….
