Comments on: What’s the Future of our Web Interactions? http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/05/future-web-interactions/ at the intersection of business and technology Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:25:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pruett http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/05/future-web-interactions/comment-page-1/#comment-74 pruett Wed, 13 May 2009 03:06:50 +0000 http://www.techsoomer.com/?p=467#comment-74 Platform popularity unquestionably affects proprietary communication outlets (i.e. Google and Facebook). As the web matures and platforms become more robust, I wonder if their preferred messaging systems will take over the general public. For example, I would venture to guess that many users use Facebook's messages as a replacement for emailing friends. Interesting....we shall see. Platform popularity unquestionably affects proprietary communication outlets (i.e. Google and Facebook). As the web matures and platforms become more robust, I wonder if their preferred messaging systems will take over the general public. For example, I would venture to guess that many users use Facebook's messages as a replacement for emailing friends. Interesting….we shall see.

]]> By: Zach Heller http://www.techsoomer.com/2009/05/future-web-interactions/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Zach Heller Tue, 12 May 2009 16:16:45 +0000 http://www.techsoomer.com/?p=467#comment-73 I don't know if people are ready to give up on email, since it is the one binding thing on the web, no matter what platforms and services people are using. But I do think that things like Facebook messaging, status updates, and back and forth communication via Twitter is growing faster and faster.<br><br>GChat has become the standard method of IM for the majority of people I know, and only increases with the popularity of GMail. Real time chat obviously has many advantages, and the fact that it ties in with an email platform like Gmail makes it even more relevant. The future might look something like a combination of services that work off of one platform like that. I don't know if people are ready to give up on email, since it is the one binding thing on the web, no matter what platforms and services people are using. But I do think that things like Facebook messaging, status updates, and back and forth communication via Twitter is growing faster and faster.

GChat has become the standard method of IM for the majority of people I know, and only increases with the popularity of GMail. Real time chat obviously has many advantages, and the fact that it ties in with an email platform like Gmail makes it even more relevant. The future might look something like a combination of services that work off of one platform like that.

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