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===Which problem did you identify?===
===Which problem did you identify?===


The interface concept behind not only browsers is way too old and got no improve to handle the wide range of contenttypes and generally the massive increase in data. To mention, the visualisation and organisation of data is of course one of the biggest tasks for this century.  
The interface concept behind not only browsers is way too old and got no improve to handle the wide range of contenttypes and generally the massive increase in data. To mention, the visualisation and organisation of data is one of the biggest tasks for this century.  
So what are the problems?  
So what are the problems?  
- There werent many websites in the early age of the web.
* There werent many websites in the early age of the web -> Massive increase
-> Massive increase.
* You had a starting site and then you clicked your way through the web through links. The was no index. You couldn't go to site, you never heard of/no link existed -> Now there are searchable indexes of nearly all webpages that exist on the web  
- You had a starting site and then you clicked your way through the web through links. The was no index. You couldn't go to site, you never heard of/no link existed.
-> Now there are searchable indexes of nearly all webpages that exist on the web.


'''The thing with bookmarks. '''
'''The thing with bookmarks. '''
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The browser isnt just another program. Its an abstraction layer and so we need an interface to do all the things that are possible. Now that all work and fun happens in the browser, the browser does all things, the os-interface does, we need an interface that is same as powerful as the desktop/explorer.
The browser isnt just another program. Its an abstraction layer and so we need an interface to do all the things that are possible. Now that all work and fun happens in the browser, the browser does all things, the os-interface does, we need an interface that is same as powerful as the desktop/explorer.


===Why are current systems unable to solve this problem?===
===Why are current systems unable to solve this problem?===