The point of Babylon 5 was not to make a Hill Street Blues in space, but to make a television novel. Something with a set beginning, middle, and end. This is diffrent from multi-layed stories and various story arcs. In thoery you can make HSB's, or thirtysomething last forever, this wasn't the point of B5.
ALthough there are plenty of portals on the web now, i still think there is a place for one done right.
IF AOL could leverage its content from Timewarner, then i think it could be a great portal. For example, Adult Swim is a AOL-Timewarner(i know thats the old name) property. This if the adult swim website was in this AOL portal.
The BIG problem is doing this right. Which means CLEAN INTERFACE (please aol copy what google does). Usefull content and access to content all over the web (like google news). Good email (umm like gmail).
The biggest thing for me is i just want a simple, clean interface. I actually like the good personal homepage they have set up, clean and usefull.
If AOL can make it clean and usefull, with exclusive content (designed towards broadband users), Then this would be great. I doubt they will do it, but i think there is a place for that
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The point of Babylon 5 was not to make a Hill Street Blues in space, but to make a television novel. Something with a set beginning, middle, and end. This is diffrent from multi-layed stories and various story arcs. In thoery you can make HSB's, or thirtysomething last forever, this wasn't the point of B5.
ALthough there are plenty of portals on the web now, i still think there is a place for one done right. IF AOL could leverage its content from Timewarner, then i think it could be a great portal. For example, Adult Swim is a AOL-Timewarner(i know thats the old name) property. This if the adult swim website was in this AOL portal. The BIG problem is doing this right. Which means CLEAN INTERFACE (please aol copy what google does). Usefull content and access to content all over the web (like google news). Good email (umm like gmail). The biggest thing for me is i just want a simple, clean interface. I actually like the good personal homepage they have set up, clean and usefull. If AOL can make it clean and usefull, with exclusive content (designed towards broadband users), Then this would be great. I doubt they will do it, but i think there is a place for that