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Web 2.0 – almost everyone have heard the term – but few are sure about its meaning. Unfortunately, it cannot be defined easily. People in different fields have their own unique definitions for the term. In this article, I will attempt to define the term at three different level – the Philosophy, the Technology and the Design.<\/p>\n
Disclaimer<\/strong>: Before anyone reacts violently to the term Web 2.0, let me make myself very clear… The design philosophy of a web site can make it a Web 2.0 site. This is perhaps the key difference between a Web 1.0 site and a Web 2.0 site…<\/p>\n Web 1.0 is a web site where there is a one way communication between the web master to the visitor<\/strong>. A Web 2.0 site is a site where the visitors can communicate with each other<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For example, compare the Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedia. In Encyclopedia Britannica, the web master creates the content and gives it to the visitor – the visitor has no way of talking back. But in Wikipedia, the visitor create the content for other visitors.<\/p>\n The keyword here is “Internet as a platform”. In Web 2.0, the net became the platform rather than just a data transfer mechanism<\/strong>. For a simple example, when you visit a site, the videos in it come from YouTube, the images from Flickr, the search is done using Google API and you can bookmark pages using the API from del.icio.us.<\/p>\n Some technologies that are described as Web 2.0…<\/p>\n Some features that makes a technology Web 2.0…<\/p>\n This is perhaps the only area where the term Web 2.0 can be defined with a reasonable level of accuracy. A site with a Web 2.0 design is one that has at least some of these elements…<\/p>\n Web 2.0 Design Style Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWeb 2.0 is an ambiguous buzz word<\/a><\/strong>. It has been used and abused so many times that it does not have a consistent meaning<\/strong> – so people are free to interpret it as they see fit. And this is how I interpret it.<\/p>\nPhilosophy<\/h2>\n
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Simple Design<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nLots of white space<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNice Icons<\/a><\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nViolators\/Badges\/Star Flashes<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nBig Fonts<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nGradients<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nReflections<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nShadows<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd More…<\/h3>\n
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