Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Reviving Advanced Hypertext (03 Jan 2005) In 1995, I listed fifteen hypertext features that were missing from Web browsers. None of these ideas have been implemented in the ten years since, except for Firefox's search box and Internet Explorer's search sidebar. Is there any hope that the next decade will bring more progress? I think so. For one, most of the ideas mentioned here are rich sources of user interface patents, which offer a sustainable competitive advantage. (I invented at least five potential patents while writing this article, but didn't bother filing because I'm not in the business of suing infringers; a big company could rack up the patents if so inclined.) The last ten years were a black hole: much attention was focused on doomed attempts at making the Web more like television. Hopefully, the next decade will focus instead on empowering users and giving us the features we need to master a worldwide information space. Article URL: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20050103.html Read 355 more articles from Jakob Nielsen sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Top 10 New Thinking in 2004     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy