may, in the end, become more important than the simple
“ease-of-use” issues that are more commonly associated
with usability. The fact that the Web is no longer limited
to desktop platforms suggests that a designing an interface
for specific platforms or browsers has become “shortsighted.”
Work on the Semantic Web promises a world of
agents that will be capable of collecting information from
Web sources without conventional interfaces and allowing
users access to more of the information they need in a
logical and efficient manner. These agents will be capable
of discovery, interpretation, and reuse