"An App-Centric Internet; Facebook's Huge App-Tab Blunder"

Facebook unfortunately made a huge mistake with the removal of app tabs, and boxes.

Facebook was once the bleeding edge of the internet, however, it's now falling far behind. Regardless of if one thinks this is the right way to go, the internet is going in the way of web 2.0 and cloud based app's.

Google chrome has the ability to create a desktop app, and Mozilla has the equivalent in their prism application, allowing users to turn distinct web pages into "apps" such as YouTube, or facebook. Both Mac OS, and Android Platform phones run on the premise of apps, and Ubuntu Linux is planning to have unity replace gnome.

Microsoft is on-board with the "app" design layout, and the Window's 7 tool bar, which is what the Ubuntu Unity interface will look like, has the ability to "pin" applications to the bar. Thus allowing users to quickly access specific programs for compartmentalised needs.

Microsoft, Google, Apple, Mozilla, and Canonical...five massive names in the world of computing, technology, and the internet. All five of these companies have seen the potential and ergonomics of these "apps", or single purpose web applications, either natively or cloud based.

The browser is slowly fading away, be it for better or worse, regardless, it is. There seems to be a day, in the not too distant future, where there will be very little, or no need for an internet browser. The browser itself may turn into an app, the internet collectively could potentially, arguably, be an app itself.

With the way technology is moving, and the growing shift towards "apps" facebook is missing out on an golden opportunity.

A smart company would notice the trend, and make it's own "app" designed to take the apps of its users, and share them, a social network of app's. People want to know what their friends like, what their friends are doing, and are already migrating towards an app-centric internet experience.

There's no need for a company to make such a model, however, as Facebook was that model. With a massive user base and the implementation of app tabs, it was far ahead of the curve, and in a prime position to become even more of an internet powerhouse, due to it's already massive user base.

This leaves me questioning? Why has a site that focused on relating information to others unwilling to relate the "apps" of others, when clearly "apps" are going to become the new dominant internet experience - again - potentially eliminating the browser all together, including facebook.com