<s>
Metabrowsing	B-Protocol
refers	O
to	O
approaches	O
to	O
browsing	O
Web-based	O
information	O
that	O
emerged	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
as	O
alternatives	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
Web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
LexisNexis	B-Library
the	O
term	O
"	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
"	O
began	O
appearing	O
in	O
mainstream	O
media	O
in	O
March	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
meaning	O
of	O
"	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
"	O
has	O
split	O
into	O
a	O
popular	O
and	O
a	O
more	O
scientific	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Akin	O
to	O
metasearch	B-Application
,	O
the	O
popular	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
"	O
describes	O
an	O
alternative	O
way	O
to	O
viewing	O
Web-based	O
information	O
other	O
than	O
a	O
single	O
Web-page	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Simply	O
put	O
,	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
tool	O
or	O
service	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
view	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
single	O
Web	O
page	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
inside	O
a	O
single	O
display	O
unit.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Dr.	O
Linda	O
Gordon	O
,	O
Liberal	O
Arts	O
Professor	O
at	O
Nova	O
Southeastern	O
University	O
,	O
"	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
is	O
transforming	O
our	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
therefore	O
,	O
the	O
vocabulary	O
of	O
this	O
new	O
perspective	O
must	O
demonstrate	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
metamorphosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
etymological	O
root	O
'	O
meta	O
 '	O
,	O
from	O
the	O
Greek	O
,	O
means	O
'	O
change	O
 '	O
and	O
'	O
transcendence	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
we	O
can	O
understand	O
the	O
dynamics	O
of	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
from	O
a	O
higher	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
speak	O
metaphorically	O
,	O
think	O
of	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
street	O
signs	O
for	O
navigation	O
:	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
will	O
become	O
the	O
GPS	O
of	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
context	O
,	O
"	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
"	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
high-level	O
way	O
of	O
browsing	O
through	O
information	O
:	O
instead	O
of	O
browsing	O
through	O
document	O
contents	O
or	O
document	O
surrogates	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
browses	O
through	O
a	O
graphical	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
documents	O
and	O
their	O
relations	O
to	O
the	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quickbrowse	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Web-based	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
applications	O
,	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
combine	O
multiple	O
pages	O
into	O
one	O
vertical	O
,	O
continuously	O
scrollable	O
page	O
for	O
faster	O
viewing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web-based	O
metabrowsing	B-Protocol
services	O
such	O
as	O
Quickbrowse	O
,	O
Octopus	O
and	O
Onepage	O
differed	O
in	O
their	O
technological	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
retrieves	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
of	O
designated	O
pages	O
and	O
then	O
combines	O
it	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
combo	O
page	O
"	O
server-side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
"	O
raw	O
"	O
approach	O
does	O
not	O
work	O
with	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
Web	O
pages	O
,	O
especially	O
Cascading	O
Style	O
Sheets	O
whose	O
HTML	B-Language
does	O
not	O
combine	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quickbrowse	O
also	O
disables	O
JavaScript	B-Language
components	O
to	O
avoid	O
problems	O
that	O
would	O
arise	O
from	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
disparate	O
and	O
unrelated	O
sources	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Services	O
like	O
Octopus	O
and	O
Onepage	O
,	O
both	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
,	O
used	O
a	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
Java-driven	O
approach	O
that	O
enabled	O
users	O
 '	O
browsers	B-Application
to	O
retrieve	O
and	O
combine	O
bits	O
and	O
pieces	O
from	O
disparate	O
Websites	O
client-side	O
.	O
</s>
