Despite the fact that Wired Magazine has said that the web is dead, the browser-based internet is still thriving. And why shouldn’t it? The web is open, accessible to anyone with a browser and is also widely adaptable. A browser window is many things: a television screen, a newspaper, a chat window, a social network or a webcam display. But all of these uses of the web now compete with things that, instead of running through a browser, run in their own specific world: apps. Apps work through the internet, but not on the web proper. For that reason, they are less democratic and open than the web. While…