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What does WEB 2.0 mean to you?
oleg
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So what is this Web 2.0 dealie I keep hearing about?
Here is the "official" definition:
what-is-web-20.html
Only it`s not a definition at all, but a 5-pages long article that is mainly illustrating examples and case studies of sites that are (or are not, in author`s opinion) Web 2.0.
Does it actually mean something? Or is it just a catchy marketing term? Personally I am leaning towards the latter. It`s very vague, almost impossible to define, and most of the concepts it encompases are not new at all - they`ve been a part of the internet since very beginning.
Even the term itself is counterintuitive to the concepts it is trying to describe. You can`t put a version on something that is constantly evolving! Version numbers are so 1.0, anyway. Many software vendors today are doing away with the version numbers alltogether, choosing instead to give a catchy name to each major version. (Note the Windows progression: 3.0 --> 95 --> 98 --> 2000 --> XP --> Vista...)
So is it possible to define Web 2.0, in a single paragraph? Anyone? And will there ever be a Web 3.0???
oleg2007-4-17 13:2:27
Here is the "official" definition:
what-is-web-20.html
Only it`s not a definition at all, but a 5-pages long article that is mainly illustrating examples and case studies of sites that are (or are not, in author`s opinion) Web 2.0.
Does it actually mean something? Or is it just a catchy marketing term? Personally I am leaning towards the latter. It`s very vague, almost impossible to define, and most of the concepts it encompases are not new at all - they`ve been a part of the internet since very beginning.
Even the term itself is counterintuitive to the concepts it is trying to describe. You can`t put a version on something that is constantly evolving! Version numbers are so 1.0, anyway. Many software vendors today are doing away with the version numbers alltogether, choosing instead to give a catchy name to each major version. (Note the Windows progression: 3.0 --> 95 --> 98 --> 2000 --> XP --> Vista...)
So is it possible to define Web 2.0, in a single paragraph? Anyone? And will there ever be a Web 3.0???
oleg2007-4-17 13:2:27
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In general web 2.0 is a short term to describe the web today... social media, personally interactive, keyword driven, applications and environment.
A web 3.0 - absolutely. When the next jump or evolution in internet use is recognized.
~Roland
So will web 4.0 happen when the internet has self-awarness! Kinda like Terminator.
Here is what I infer about Web 2.0 from reading all this:
It has very little to do with technology or implementation;
There are some design patterns involved - the applications are more interactive and allow users to create their own content;
Most of all, it is the way most people use the internet today - as opposed to the way most people used it 10 years ago.
And a final question: was Usenet Web 2.0 in concept, more than a decade before the concept even existed?