Re-framing the World Wide Web
by Black, August, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, 2011, 222 pages; 3481948

Abstract:

The research presented in this dissertation studies and describes how technical standards, protocols, and application programming interfaces (APIs) shape the aesthetic, functional, and affective nature of our most dominant mode of online communication, the World Wide Web (WWW). I examine the politically charged and contentious battle over browser market share and how this drives the seemingly “open” development of technical standards and the implementation of new features. I present a new and alternative browser prototype and communication framework called the Underweb that provides partial solutions to the problem space of the WWW. Parallel to the non-linear development dynamic of the amorphous electronic infrastructure of the WWW, the Underweb provides a more user-elegant set of technologies that gives developers and users the ability to not only read, but also to write, edit and publish in this system without third-party involvement.
 
AdviserMarko Peljhan
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
SourceDAI/B 73-03, p. , Dec 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsInformation technology; Multimedia; Computer science
Publication Number3481948
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