Wisdom Browser-Browser Hater
I am beginning to become a Browser Hater.
Most of the browser are good at eavesdropping at best but worse at preventing cookies with commercial advertisement.
I am glad that I use live CDs, light weight Linux distributions and light weight non-intrusive browsers most of the time.
This is not true for many guys and girls using the internet.
I thought, if I develop a browser these are the qualities, I will focus.
1. W for Wise Browser who is not eavesdropping on your habits.
2. I for individual freedom and the protection of the individual from all the vulnerabilities of the internet specially KIDs.
3. S for Simple. It should be simple to use even to a KID.
4. D for dependability on all circumstances and should not feed the information to DOD or the State.
5. O for obliging, objective and obedience to the cause.
5. O for obliging, objective and obedience to the cause.
6. M for minimalism on resources of one’s computer and it should be light weight.
None of the commercial browsers fall into WISDOM category and a few Linux come close to the qualities mentioned above.
With cloud computing in mind Amazon has developed a light weight browser called Silk to use with the Kindle Fire but it seems that Amazon cannot keep up with the promise.
I have some more points especially with kids in mind.
If one types play and game on a browser the search engine with a few clicks will invariable detoured to a pornographic site to lure kids and young ones.
That is how it operates now.
I have few suggestions for a future browser development which parents can use at home and teachers at school.
I think only Linux can address this and commercial browsers will never go to that extend.
1. The browser should be linked to a alight weight distribution like Bodhi or Arch (Manjaro).
2. It should have a cloud access (a password and an email address to access) through a minimal browser from the front end.
3. The back end browser should have protocols and priorities.
The user should have the sole access (in this case parent or teacher) of the contents in the private cloud.
The service provider should have a maintenance password of it own but no full access.
In making the children passwords the degree of difficulty in access should depend, on the age of the child and the parent / teacher should be able to monitor it and the content should be appropriate for the stage of development of the child.
That part of the cloud can be made private with all the public clouds reserved for the grown ups.
All this can be achieved with meticulous planning.
The cloud can be used to streamline content and protect our children worldwide.
4. There should be a language element for rare languages and search engines should be developed tailored for these languages and they should be used to bypass major languages.
Otherwise few languages will dominate the web and language like Pali (original Buddhism was handed down by Pali) will become extinct which is a shame.
5. The front end browser should be able to access the particular server end browser in that particular language.
By this method we might be able to preserve these language in pristine form for posterity.
There are lot of missing points and I hope developers will look at this scenario and teachers would provide inputs as the progress in development takes it course.
