The Internet: How it's Evolved

During Mr. Abel Choy's lecture on how the internet is evolving and always changing, it really made me think. I use the internet everyday for one reason or another, but I never really stopped to think that this THING we use changes every single day, without us even noticing sometimes. I mean if you asked me I would probably on have noticed my web browsers upgrading every now and then but other than that I really couldn't put my finger on it. The first slide he showed during the lecture really was an eye opener.

First slide our lecturer showed us.

To imagine that that's what happen in one minute is mind-blowing, don't you think? So then there's thing called Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP). This right here is how the internet serves billions of people all around the world. I learned that this is how we get on the internet, for example the websites we go on all have this. I didn't know this but at the moment, we are in the generation of Web 3.0. Before this, I had no idea that there was even a Web 1.0 or Web 2.0. This era is apparently from 2010-2020. Which means that the next era (Web 4.0) will begin for another decade in 2020. I can't imagine what the internet will be like then, or how much more advanced it's going to become. Exciting, yet a little scary because it's constantly changing.

One thing we all love to do when we are on the internet, is browse or another term is 'surf'. Taking into account that everyone is different and we all have different preferences, therefore our choices for Internet Browsers varies from east to west. I used to be a hardcore Mozilla Firefox fan, and partly still am but just recently last year I switched to Chrome because I discovered a world of features that Firefox could never offer me (it was partly due to peer influences). To me, Internet Explorer is the pioneer of internet browsers. But since the internet is always evolving, Internet Explorer got left behind and is largely mocked today. Today, the King of Browsers is.... (drum roll)..... Google Chrome. There was a study done by Shareaholic where they showed the usage share of all major browsers today. Chrome in at number one with 34.65%, followed by Internet Explorer (12.49%) and Mozilla Firefox (11.94%). You can have a look at the image below for the other browsers too. 

Study by Shareaholic of Web Browser Usage Share

Google Chrome gives lots of benefits, like the ability to personalize it to your preferences, right down to last detail. Its easy to use, clean design and my favorite is the start up page. It has all my most visited pages and bookmarks ready for my to click on. It also is really fast and never crashes or gives me problems. Two thumbs up for Google Chrome. 

Links: 

http://mashable.com/2008/09/02/awesome-google-chrome/