Technology All The Way

Till now, there have been browser wars to gain market share of users who browsed the internet in their free time or for work. But in the recent past, a new type of user is becoming the target of browser wars - The gamers!

Oh, that is nothing new, one would say. We always had Flash games in our browsers, didn't we? Well, flash is a plugin. It is not something that a browser is inherently supposed to run. Real gaming never became part of the browser until the recent surge of social networking made breakthroughs in the way people could collaborate on the web. We have games like FarmVille, Travian, etc and many more lesser known games that are played on the web.

But still, the browser only remains a mere spectator behind all this gaming. All it does it manage your session in cookies and temporary files and record your interaction with the browser interface which includes nothing more than mouse clicks.

It seems that the browser can take it no longer. Thanks to efficient javascript engines, like the ones present in Chrome, the role of the browser is changing. If you dont believe me, just check out http://benfirshman.com/projects/jsnes/. You will definitely get the what i mean to say.

Browsers are no longer going to be a means to merely connect to a remote server on the web. It is going to be much more alive. We eagerly await the launch of Google's Chrome OS next year hoping that it changes the web as we know it today. But, its important to note that its not going to be Chrome OS that will be the game changer in this battle. Its the people who will come up with brilliant ideas based upon chrome or any other similar OS that we may see in the future.

If Chrome could improve its javascript engine so drastically, i believe and hope that others wont lag behind for long. And all we need is a few more innovators like Ben Firshman, and things are bound to change.