[By the end of 1995] dynamic content starts to appear. E-mail and discussion groups become more tightly integrated with the Web … It’s a lot easier for people to create and publish content with graphical tools. And … it’s going to get a lot easier for people to charge for information or to charge for buying and selling things.
Predictor: Andreessen, Marc
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for Rolling Stone magazine, J.C. Herz interviews Marc Andreessen, an originator of the Mosaic browser and co-founder of Netscape Communications, at his Netscape offices in Mountainview, Calif. Following is an excerpt of the conversation: Herz: “So how do you see the Web evolving in, say, the next six months?” Andreessen: “Dynamic content starts to appear. E-mail and discussion groups become more tightly integrated with the Web. Third, it’s a lot easier for people to create and publish content with graphical tools. And the final one is that it’s going to get a lot easier for people to charge for information or to charge for buying and selling things.”
Biography:Marc Andreessen worked with Eric Bina at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in 1992, to develop a browser that would be usable on any computer, easy to use and graphically rich. In 1993, their browser, Mosaic, completely changed the face of the Internet 脨 it allowed HTML “image” tags which make it so text and art can appear on the same page; it allowed easy text scrolling; and it introduced hyperlinks, allowing users to simply click on an area of the screen to go to another document on the Internet. In1994, Mosaic was developed and marketed; the product eventually was named Netscape. (Pioneer/Originator.)
Date of prediction: November 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Rolling Stone
Title, headline, chapter name: Netscape’s Co-Inventor Charts the Digital Future: What a Wonderful Web it Could Be
Quote Type: Direct quote
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