WEBVTT 00:00:00.588 --> 00:00:05.493 I am Satoko Takita, serving as Chair of Mozilla Japan. 00:00:07.062 --> 00:00:13.100 I am known by my nickname "Chibi" in the Mozilla 00:00:13.731 --> 00:00:23.518 I have been involved in the worldwide web for 15 years. 00:00:23.518 --> 00:00:29.021 Since joining Netscape in 1995, 00:00:29.021 --> 00:00:41.166 I have been working day and night on browser development and delivering a better web environment for everyone. 00:00:42.212 --> 00:00:47.887 It is not so much that Mozilla has changed things. 00:00:48.272 --> 00:00:56.219 Engineers involved in the internet around the world, such as browser developers and 00:00:56.296 --> 00:01:01.652 people creating standards created unique technologies 00:01:01.882 --> 00:01:14.010 one by one thinking carefully about what would be best for users. 00:01:14.117 --> 00:01:22.660 People may think Mozilla has changed the world, 00:01:22.721 --> 00:01:28.816 but I think it was the users first and foremost that changed the world. 00:01:28.816 --> 00:01:32.509 We still have a long way to go. 00:01:32.524 --> 00:01:41.604 Rather than trying to change the world on our own, 00:01:41.697 --> 00:01:55.591 we need to listen to users, and enable the features and services 00:01:55.822 --> 00:02:04.826 As users become more outspoken about what they want from the web in their daily lives, 00:02:04.826 --> 00:02:10.277 those of us involved in Mozilla and the internet will work to achieve it. 00:02:10.277 --> 00:02:14.504 I think that is how we will proceed from here. 00:02:14.627 --> 00:02:24.972 We at Mozilla must not try to decide everything by ourselves, 00:02:25.157 --> 00:02:34.034 but rather must take up the challenge to meet users' needs, keeping abreast of the rapid changes. 00:02:34.034 --> 00:02:37.864 We need to think together what is possible by applying the internet and 00:02:37.864 --> 00:02:51.242 web environment to people's daily lives and lifestyles. 00:02:51.242 --> 00:03:04.373 For example, a decade ago, the worldwide web was basically a source of information. 00:03:04.373 --> 00:03:12.403 People enjoyed the web by viewing information in those days. 00:03:12.449 --> 00:03:18.889 Then engineers found ways to do many more things, 00:03:18.889 --> 00:03:24.396 making the web a marvelous platform. And others started getting new ideas. 00:03:24.396 --> 00:03:28.044 For instance, some people made good use of this environment to do business. 00:03:28.044 --> 00:03:34.522 The web helped people connect to people and communicate better. 00:03:34.522 --> 00:03:39.391 Since the internet is a barrier-free media without national boundaries, 00:03:39.391 --> 00:03:50.141 it has kept growing exponentially, connecting people to people, countries to countries, and enabling new ways of doing business. 00:03:50.141 --> 00:03:53.296 It is always evolving, 00:03:53.296 --> 00:04:03.293 so engineers feel motivated to keep developing new features and technology. 00:04:03.293 --> 00:04:09.352 Users have the power to change the world; 00:04:09.398 --> 00:04:15.856 it should not be the engineers that decide the specifications. 00:04:15.856 --> 00:04:22.107 I feel that is an important point for technological evolution. 00:04:22.107 --> 00:04:28.445 It is interesting how people first dreamed of going to outer space, 00:04:28.522 --> 00:04:33.533 and then started working together to create the technology to do so. 00:04:33.533 --> 00:04:35.875 The same is true of the internet. 00:04:35.875 --> 00:04:38.786 It all started with someone's wish. 00:04:38.786 --> 00:04:50.163 For instance, in order to receive a file, we used to have to wait days for the floppy disk to arrive in the mail box. 00:04:50.163 --> 00:04:57.064 But people found a way to send the file in an instant by hooking up networks intelligently. 00:04:57.064 --> 00:05:06.140 Around 1991, when the internet had just been created, its main use was for e-mail. 00:05:06.140 --> 00:05:13.224 I think it was the browser that really changed how we could use it. 00:05:13.224 --> 00:05:20.135 The browser made the previously invisible internet visible. 00:05:20.135 --> 00:05:25.484 Search technology also played a key role. 00:05:25.484 --> 00:05:34.098 When browsers first came out, their main mission was to let people view documents. 00:05:34.098 --> 00:05:39.764 Now people want an environment where 00:05:39.764 --> 00:05:48.171 they can view video clips, speak with each other, watch movies, 00:05:48.171 --> 00:06:00.786 go shopping, or control their finances from home without going to the bank. 00:06:01.217 --> 00:06:05.620 These technologies were created because many people wanted them. 00:06:05.851 --> 00:06:11.383 If people have a dream, for instance, 00:06:11.383 --> 00:06:20.731 to create a world like that in Star Wars, 00:06:20.731 --> 00:06:26.620 I am certain that engineers will bring it closer to reality in the near future. 00:06:26.728 --> 00:06:31.505 An important key for achieving this is “openness.” 00:06:31.597 --> 00:06:37.637 If everything were developed within the walls of some company, 00:06:37.637 --> 00:06:44.269 progress would be slower and it would take longer to make dreams come true. 00:06:44.269 --> 00:06:52.717 The internet has evolved into such an amazing medium and infrastructure in such a short span 00:06:52.717 --> 00:07:05.673 because it has been developed in an open environment with dialogue between engineers and users. 00:07:05.673 --> 00:07:10.808 I think the importance of keeping the web open is 00:07:10.808 --> 00:07:16.624 that it allows not just a dozen people 00:07:16.624 --> 00:07:20.227 but rather hundreds, thousands or even millions of people to think together and achieve 00:07:20.227 --> 99:59:59.999 much bigger progress and dreams than if all the work was done in a closed environment.