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by CaiGengYang 3996 days ago
I am currently reading Paul Graham's book "Hackers and Painters" and on page 228, paragraph 15 --- it says that one thing that would help web-based applications, and help keep the next generation of software from being overshadowed by Microsoft, would be a good open source browser. A small, fast browser would be a great thing in itself, and would encourage companies to build little web appliances. He goes on to say that "If you want to change the world,write a new Mosaic. Think it's too late? In 1998 a lot of people thought it was too late to launch a new search engine, but Google proved them wrong. There is always room for something new if it is significantly better.

Is there room to create much better browsers than the current ones in existence?