Technology continues to advance and computers are soaring ahead in terms of hardware. However, this does not mean that software that we use almost every day should remain stagnant. Of course much software is probably pretty close to being optimized for the platforms it runs on; however, it seems that web browsers could be faster (and potentially more secure) than they currently are and people seem to agree with this. Therefore, I have decided to attempt to create a web browser that can interpret a new type of web content that - of course - would take up significantly less space. This, in turn, means that the amount of data you need to transmit over the internet connection would be drastically minimized. Other optimizations would make this the fastest web browser yet. Additionally security would remain a large factor in the production of the browser. Security, I think, is taken for granted in modern web browsers, so this browser would obviously have to be very secure so people wouldn't be able to access files or glean any information through a victims web browser. The final product, I am sure, would be a sophisticated and fast web browser, and I am sure it is possible.
2) A reflection on the feedback you received from your last pitch
Unfortunately I didn't do the last pitch; however the feedback that I received from the interviews I did seemed fairly conclusive. Most people think that web browsers could be faster than they are from a user perspective. I also think that they could be faster from both a user perspective and a developer perspective - mainly for these two reasons: (1) I have experienced trouble with bloated and large web browsers and (2) the way the content is structured (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/etc) uses at least three languages (usually to represent content) and the symbols in the web content are so repetitive and take up a lot of space. All of the feedback I got seemed like a pretty accurate reflection of the general attitude - e.g. web browsers could be faster than they are (we all agree on this; ok, maybe not all of us, but probably most of us).
3) What did you change, based on the feedback?
Since the feedback reflected how I initially thought people felt, I don't feel like I need to change much. People didn't seem as concerned about the security of a web browser (compared to the speed), but I think it is sort of taken for granted. So, if I could make a web browser that is much faster than Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox and Opera and all of the other ones and made the security as good or better than the current ones, then I think that people would switch over from the current system of representing web content (e.g. the 3 or more languages of HTML/CSS/JavaScript/etc) in about a decade.
