the browser is NOT an OS

if you understand software, then you will understand why the world wide web is a piece of shit. its really not the inventor's fault, but rather its users. the www started out as a way to visually provide information. gopher was cool, but people wanted things to look pretty. i have no problem with pretty, in fact, i love pretty. i own apple products because they are sexy.

i believe, the problem started when dynamic pages started being popular. it allowed for websites to do things such as e-commerce, web apps, and all this other shit that people want on their browser. and shit, i want that stuff too, but the closest medium to make that happen was the web. the problem is, it wasnt meant for that. the browser wasnt suppose to allow you to run arbitrary code you retrieve from a server. i mean, what the shit is that? it does because people can then make money. again with the money. it was also easy. everyone had a browser so they didnt have to install anything. the future looked bright.

people who make decisions about technology who dont understand it always fall victim to shortsightedness. if it works, ship it, and damn the consequences. well now we're paying for it in full. forget myspace, the whole www is a cesspool of cross site scripting, sql injections, activex exploits, and a whole plethora of goodness. at this time, i would like to take a step back and say unix has a shitload of exploits too. but still, my point remains valid.

now you have armies of web developers feeding the flame and i am afraid i will soon become one of them.