The talk will contend that the only graphical user interface that HCI practitioners need work with is the web browser. If this is the case, then user interface design, implementation and evaluation skills can become more focussed and effective. Some of the benefits this will bring will be shown, supported by examples. The HCI experts of the future will require training in the software architecture of the Web. The Web software architecture will require changes of a radical kind, and this evolution will be discussed in terms of the new web services that must become available. Recent trends in this direction will be presented, and future trends explored, with supporting evidence taken from a range of applications. The influence of the Web, with now a long history of user experience, can bring the HCI discipline to richer and more visible heights.
['Michael J Rees']
The universal user interface: the web browser as top candidate?