Web 2.0 As A Guide

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Web 2.0 As A Guide
Topic Started: Oct 29 2006, 01:46 PM (215 Views)
Zeerus	Oct 29 2006, 01:46 PM Post #1
Spank My Monkey! Posts: 1,596 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 31, 2004	Over the past, I’d say, year and a half the term Web 2.0 has been thrown around an awful lot, but with no true definition it’s hard to peg the meaning of the word. For some its definition is a style (subtle gradients, shines, and beta tags), while for others it’s a term used simply to describe the change in technologies used on the web today (AJAX, Ruby on Rails, etc.). I personally see Web 2.0 as a guide more than anything. While I don’t live or swear by it, I think many do. As a guide the term Web 2.0 gives us a vision of something more intricate, more advanced, yet easier to understand. It produces thoughts of products like Flickr or YouTube. With all of their features and technical intricacies they still remain two of the simplest tools on the web. Web 2.0 is the thought that design and the tools we use to communicate can be advanced and visually pleasing, yet simple at the same time. This, to me, is the true meaning of the term Web 2.0. I realize I’ve just blabbered on about the most over talked about subject of the year, but with so many different definitions around I just had to throw my own opinion in.



+ Missingo	Oct 31 2006, 08:09 AM Post #2
Dedicated member Posts: 329 Group: Elite Member Member #70 Joined: May 18, 2005	I think designers are over trying to compiclate themselves, and try to come up with new words and meanings. WEb 2.0 has no solid meaning. I suppose that it could mean standards along with a good design, plus tools like the sites you mentioned. But then again, Im probably wrong.
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