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Objects of Desire

By Katherine Bourzac

1994, Netscape
"If you look at a modern browser like Internet Explorer or Safari, you see the URL bar, the Back and Forward buttons, Home, and Refresh," says Rolston. "We've added things, we've made it prettier, but the browser hasn't been re-invented. The original Netscape design deserves the credit. Outside the browser and the shape of computers, this space [PC-era design] has yet to produce lasting icons in a grander sense, an iconic form that is reproduced over and over."