It includes a list of the most popular sites, plus new sites. If you're not sure what you want, you can open a search page, on which you can type a key word or phrase to find sites that meet your needs. But be warned, the Web is not for the faint of heart. Sites of the future Just imagine what might be possible as Web software continues to gain power and security. Instead of dealing with a local bank, you can complete financial transactions directly via the Web.
Online shopping is another upcoming possibility.
Even tolls for long distance phone calls may become a thing of the past. Through online compression of voice data, Web sites anywhere in the world can talk to each other in real time, with quality that nearly equals that of a regular phone call. Just the regular online fee. A contrary view of the Web Some observers, both inside and outside the computer industry, see the present wave of interest in the Internet and the World Wide Web as just another overhyped fad. They write that the Internet will surely collapse under the weight of competing interests, inadequate standards, censorship, and competition between service providers and say that this will happen soon.