Yahoo! News - As the Web Matures, Fun Is Hard to Find
"We lost our sense of wonder," he said. "The Web is old hat."
Just 11 years after it was born and about 6 years after it became popular, the Web has lost its luster. Many who once raved about surfing from address to address on the Web now lump site-seeing with other online chores, like checking the In box.
so much for the web-as-fun perspective :)