The way we browse the Internet has changed since the early days. What we do online has also changed. These days we are all into social media, videos, and keeping up with the endless stream on fast changing information and news. Is it possible that our current web browsers aren’t keeping up with the way we use the Internet?
Well, some may argue that the browsers are changing the way we use the Internet and not the other way around. Any way you look at it, things are changing – rapidly. I ran into this program that seeks to meet some perceived needs of today’s web surfer. It’s called Fizzik and it seeks to make web-browsing a different kind of experience.
Let me take you through 3 areas Fizzik seeks to make your browsing easier.
Don’t Waste Time When Keeping Up With News Online
When looking for news stories, we do a lot of searching, clicking links, going back, clicking another link, going back again, and clicking yet another link until you find the story you are looking for. Fizzik tries to change all of that.
It brings the search results and the content of the links together on one page. The search results simply stay along the left side and the content pulls up on the right making the whole process easier and faster.
Don’t Mar Your Video Experience By Distracting Thumbnails & Text
Have you ever been looking for a specific video or topic on YouTube and been annoyed by all of the distractions laid out for you on the landing page? The video experience should be one that is free from distractions so you can focus on what you are looking at.
Fizzik does this by cutting out the garbage and giving you a layout where the search results are yet again in a left-hand column and the video is played by itself in the right-hand pane, free from all of the thumbnails and text.
Integrate Social Media Into Your Browser
Sure we have our add-ons and extensions that make interacting with Facebook and Twitter a breeze. However, what if functionality and sharing was built in to the point where it becomes second nature? Fizzik makes sharing easy and the sharing features are built right into the browser.
Just click one of the buttons down on the bottom-right which gives you the option to share the page via Facebook, Twitter or Gmail.
You can also bookmark the site in order to find it easily later.
As you can see, Fizzik probably isn’t the application for everyone. It could fill a specific need for specific tasks. For instance, if all you do online is read news, watch videos and share stuff, this could work out for you. This is not the case for everyone though.
The other browsers could probably take some hints from Fizzik and integrate some of the functionality. The idea that we are constantly going back and forth while running searches is annoying at best. Fizzik’s way of dealing with this issue could be a good solution.
What do you think? Do you see Fizzik fulfilling some sort of need in your online life? What features in Fizzik do you think the other browsers are missing?
Tagged: browsers • browsing • browsing tools • link sharing • social media • video sharing
