Comments on: The Splinternet Means the End of the Web’s Golden Age http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2010/the-splinternet-means-the-end-of-the-webs-golden-age/ Leveraging social media to make great ideas happen Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: John Allsopp http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2010/the-splinternet-means-the-end-of-the-webs-golden-age/comment-page-1/#comment-680 John Allsopp Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:04:42 +0000 http://www.socialmediaworx.com/2010/the-splinternet-means-the-end-of-the-webs-golden-age/#comment-680 As these devices splinter the landscape (different form factors, programming languages, device APIs and so on), they have one important thing in common. First class web browsers. While most of these devices don't support flash (it's not just Apple, but Android, Palm, and other such devices don't either), they do support "the web" better than even most PCs (running for instance Internet Explorer) do. The web as a platform is the point of convergence, and it is far from splintering IMO. As these devices splinter the landscape (different form factors, programming languages, device APIs and so on), they have one important thing in common. First class web browsers. While most of these devices don’t support flash (it’s not just Apple, but Android, Palm, and other such devices don’t either), they do support “the web” better than even most PCs (running for instance Internet Explorer) do.

The web as a platform is the point of convergence, and it is far from splintering IMO.

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