Photoshop is the web designer’s weapon of choice when it comes to designing graphics for websites.
At the moment it costs several hundred pounds to buy - which means that novice and hobby web designers either have to settle for something less or use a dodgy copy.
However, all that could change as Adobe, the company behind Photoshop, have announced they’re releasing a free, online version of Photoshop within the next 6 months.
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We’re only just on version 2 of the web (at least if you believe the hype) but version 3 is set to stink, if South Korea’s future gazers are to be believed.
That’s because we’re all going to have “fragrance cartridges” attached to our computers - and websites will be able to send a signal to them to let out the aroma of rose petals .. or perhaps the whiff of some dog’s mess.
So while Web 2.0 is all about social networking and dodgy logos, Web 3.0 could be all about the smell. I can’t wait!
I think I’ll go and register stinkr.com now.
;o)
The prediction comes as part of a wide-ranging review on future trends from the Korean Ministry of Information and Communication.
Other predictions include Robots performing surgery and bulletproof vests for soldiers that can turn them invisible.
Given that they’ve been predicting smellyvision since the American information films of the 1950s, I’m not holding my breath for it.
Read the BBC’s original story here: Fragrant future beckons for web
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My name's Richard Quick and I'm a freelance web designer from Cornwall, UK. I also wrote a book.
I also run a small web design company.
Lyndon Antcliff is an SEO expert and the co-author of this blog.
As well as writing on search engines and website promotion here, he also writes a more in-depth blog over at Cornwall SEO.
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