Good News

• The Web is becoming the universal user interface.
  • No special software to distribute and install.

• Everyone has a browser.
  • No training required.
  • Everyone knows how to use browsers.

• Timely.
  • Web page updates are immediately available to all.

• Geographic dispersion.
  • The Web is indeed worldwide.

• Environment-friendly.
  • No paper!

• Information on demand.
  • Unlike printed and e-mail media, information is available when needed rather than when created.
  • It's a pull not a push.

• The Web can deliver complex applications.
  • Via CGI and related mechanisms.

• Multimedia.
  • Thanks to MIME, it can deliver not only Web pages but also sounds, videos, spreadsheets, word processor documents, etc.

• Platform independence.
  • Browsers are available for workstations, palmtops, PCs, Macintoshes, etc.