CNet, get out of my HEAD!
CNet reviews the latest in-game web browsers
See, for those of you who don’t game, this sort of interaction is what I really want to see in future interfaces.
We’re still not in a position to have those applications interact smartly with one another, alas, but frankly, I don’t know if that sort of thing will ever really happen. I mean, WoW for instance needs to be diligent about anti-cheating software, which is why they don’t allow certain kinds of external connections … which is probably why there isn’t a truly in-game IM program like pidgin… which is why these overlays exist.
I would love to run a smart system. Maybe an operating system that really understands its applications and lets me work between them in new ways. I feel like we’ve just barely scratched the surface, like we’re still working with Cut and Paste, and we’re finally taking baby steps (to mix metaphors) with something like Ubiquity.