New sites on the Internet: Introducing Frogans sites

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About this presentation

• This presentation is a derivative work of

documents produced by the OP3FT:

-“Context of the introduction of Frogans

sites on the Internet”, published at the

following permanent URL:

https://www.frogans.org/en/resources/conte

xt/access.html.

- “Position of the Frogans technology in the

Internet”, published at the following

permanent URL:

https://www.frogans.org/en/resources/positio

n/access.html

• It also includes figures from KPCB (Kleiner

Perkins Caufield Byers).

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About the OP3FT

The OP3FT is the non-profit organization whose purpose is to hold, promote, protect and ensure

the progress of the Frogans technology in the form of an open standard for the Internet,

available to all, free of charge.

More information is available about the OP3FT on their Web site: https://www.op3ft.org/

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Overview of the Internet

The Internet is composed of three layers. A huge ecosystem of content and service providers has emerged on top of them.

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Source: https://www.frogans.org/en/resources/position/access.html

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Internet : a widespread resource

There will be 2.7 billion Internet users by the end of 2013. That is 39% of the world population.

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Source: International Telecommunication Union, The World in 2013: ICT Facts and Figures, February 2013

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2013.pdf

The rise of the mobile Internet

Mobile Internet accounted for 15% of all Internet traffic in May 2013.

That’s a 150% increase compared to 2012.

The rhythm of growth of the mobile Internet is constant or even increasing.

Source: KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers): http://www.kpcb.com/insights/2013-internet-trends

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The mobile Internet is the domain of mobile apps

Internet users prefer apps for accessing the Internet on a mobile.

U.S. smartphone users spend about 25 hours per month on mobile apps, and just 4 hours on mobile Web.

Why ? Simply because apps are much easier and more convenient to use than mobile Web sites.

Source: Nielsen Norman Group, The Cross-Platform Report: A Look Across Screens, June 10th, 2013

http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/reports/2013/the-cross- platform-report--a-look-across-screens.html

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The Internet : been there? Done that?

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Rejoice!

The Internet is still an open space for technological innovation.

It is possible to freely introduce new application layers on the Internet to meet the changing needs of users.

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The problems with apps for content publishers

The development, distribution and maintenance of a mobile app is a much more complex and costly project than publishing a Web site.

Updating a Web site Updating a mobile app

Simply upload the new Web pages to the server

Develop a new version of the app (i.e.: software development)

Get approval from the "Store"

Invite users to download and install the new app

Repeat all the above for each mobile platform (device and OS)

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Apps are also far from perfect for end-users

Users cannot install thousands of apps on their device (storage limitation).

Installing apps is time consuming.

Heavy apps require high speed Internet connections, not always available for users on the move.

Risk of malwares

Issue of access to personal data

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Content publishers and users cannot meet easily

Most content publishers don’t have the time or money to create mobile apps.

Neither can they maintain dozens of versions of mobile Web sites.

Publishers of content on the Internet are increasingly isolated from end-users.

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The introduction of Frogans sites on the Internet

After 14 years of R&D, a new software layer is about to appear on the Internet.

Content publishers will be able to publish content and services on a new type of sites, Frogans sites.

End-users will be able to browse them by means of specific software, Frogans Player, which will be downloadable for free from the OP3FT.

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Benefits of Frogans sites for publishers

The promise: a Frogans site can be developed only once and still be rendered in exactly the same way, down to the pixel level, on all devices, fixed and mobile, present and future.

Validating the publication of a Frogans site will be quick: a single test will be enough, on any device.

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Benefits of Frogans sites for end-users

Frogans sites will be easy to browse: no additional learning needed.

On a touch screen mobile device, a hand and a finger will be enough to browse.

Frogans sites will be accessible through specific, short identifiers: Frogans addresses. These addresses can include non-latin characters.

Unlike Web URLs, Frogans addresses include no character with a technical meaning, except the asterisk “ * ” .

The “ * ” characterizes a Frogans address, in the same way that the sign “@” characterizes an E-mail address.

Network-name site-name

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Want to know more?

More information is available on the official Web site of the Frogans technology: https://www.frogans.org.

For more information about the OP3FT, you can visit: https://www.op3ft.org/ .

Stay tuned to the Frogans project on the OP3FT’s Announcement mailing list: https://lists.frogans.org/announcement/

And if you have questions, why not join the discussion on the Early questions mailing list? https://lists.frogans.org/early-questions/

Thanks for sharing!

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