the killer app of the second half of this century, is not the WEB (page sharing/publishing)... is "desktop environment virtual reality sharing", with something like X has the main protocol... the web will go with http-over-X(something)...
Any desktop could have multiple "virtual reality desktops", or better said "worlds", like some desktops projects that have flanked... each "world" could be a dedicated point-to-point connection, tunneled and encrypted, so privacy is a feature... but also you could put your friends of some "worlds" talking to each other, and create private group conference and interaction...
"whiteboarding" could be pervasive along with video... also group private "intra-nets" for docs and files... all possible because HTTP/jabber etc goes above something like X... this is the future... going down the drain!...