Without doubt, new Web technologies will be hoisted upon us on a weekly basis. A few will catch on, many will fall by the wayside. It's impossible to say what they will be or which will win or flounder. What I would like to see, more than anything else, is less - or the impression of less. I don't want or need to know.
Search engines suck.
They give me too much irrelevant information. I want 'better', not 'more'. Computers are perfectly capable of making life easier for everyone except that the people behind them seem Hell-bent in supplying quantity rather than quality. Finally, a little advice As far as the designer is concerned, Web pages are going to get more complicated to produce and will require more specialist skills. The emphasis will increasingly be on team work and Macromedia Dreamweaver 3.0 is already helping to move things in that direction. .