3D Web Browser Draws Lukewarm Review

GreyGoo writes "The media release claims 'Internet surfers will be able to walk through their favourite websites as if they are characters in a computer game with the launch of the world's first 3D browser in Australia today.' However a review from someone who has actually tested the software raises important questions about the worth of the product considering the competing social and 3D products, and that sites have to be hand-crafted in order to truly support the new browser." A browser tied to a social networking scheme seems like a recipe for supreme annoyance.

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Re:What's the point?

[zappepcs]

Let me have a stab at it... there are 3D objects that we recognize in every day life, and by converting menus and navigation of the site to 3D it is simpler for some people to understand than the maze of menus. That is one theory anyway.

People think in ways more inline with a 3D world than menus and submenus. Even if most of us can get used to it, I've seen people pissed because they can't find the "contact us" link. In a 3D world, that would be represented by a telephone or computer or mailbox etc.

Yes, it would have conventions that most web sites stick to now as well, but it's just another way to navigate and interface with the information on a website. Right now, there is no compelling reason to start shifting to that paradigm, but such has been the case with most large changes to how the WWW works.

Why buy a new car with GPS, TPS, rear view camera etc.?