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Aug 18 2008

The web to come…parts 3 & 4.

Posted by: Craig in Brilliant Idea!, Computers, Good Design, Internet, Usability, tags: ,

Adaptive Path has completed their series I’ve been following on their Aurora concept.

Part 3:


Aurora (Part 3) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

Part 4:


Aurora (Part 4) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.

You can also view the entire video here.

The synic in my says with the likes of Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Amazon and Google around, something like this just won’t happen.  But I would love to see it happen.  Full integration of software with hardware all while working within the framework of our lifestyles.  What a great idea!

Right now most things involving computing is proprietary.  For example: Apple’s OSX is proprietary to the Macintosh PC.  If you don’t have a Mac, then OSX won’t run properly if at all (and you’d be breaking the OSX EULA).  If you’re a heavy gamer, then you’re using a Window’s based PC.  The newest games for the most part run the best on windows-based systems - again, a proprietary union of software and hardware.  Even Linux users find themselves with ‘distros’ that work better with certain pieces of hardware.  In short, the computing world is proprietary.

Aurora and ideas like it go against that grain.  And I can only hope it succeeds.

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