If Browsers were Archie Characters
A confluence of web memes a couple weeks back raised two discussions over lunch: what could possibly be the enduring appeal of Archie comics, and do browsers have personalities. That conversation lingered, mixing with the hazy memories of reading Archie comics during one confused pre-teen summer, and soon I started mapping browsers to Archie characters.
The ease with which those relationships happened felt like tapping into some archetypal truth, so I decided to take it further and present the results here, tongue firmly planted in cheek.
Flock: Jughead Jones
Likeable, unique and a ravenous ambition that’s never quite realized. That Flock hasn’t caught on is unfortunate, because it does pull together the social and media-rich web in clever if visually busy ways. Jughead and Flock deserve better, but they have the same problem: they’re overshadowed by bigger personalities.
