Web 2.0 - Design At All?

[RichardKnox]

In my opinion Web 2.0 is centred around a number of things. This can include, but not limited to, interactivity, user centred websites, social networking, accessability etc. It also covers new technologies, but that is used in all "Web 2.0" type applications. Another thing about Web 2.0 is that it is aimed to make web applications more like desktop applications.
Bearing in mind that Web 2.0 is just a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media, similar to AJAX.

[LegendOfNoob]

indeed agreed with above
Web 2.0 isnt based on designs
or it would be simple and few sites have 2.0
the "Design Side" of Web 2.0
Consists of Complex Backgrounds oringinal art
extremly complex font like Habbo Snowstorm Font
and layout sharpening
easily done

as above has said people want interactivity
alot of fansites put the content infront and say do whatever
interactivity would be navigations like clubhabbo or navigations that hover and come out
or such as flash & java apps

basically web 2.0 seems to be based on oringinality and complex
rarely done coding & Designs

[mousey]

It's turned into a style by morons who thought; "I know, lets put a shadow on this and reduce the opacity to 20% - LOLMGZ! WEB2.0!".

It's merely the 'Internet Revolution' which involves using new technology [xhtml/css/php etc] as opposed to the old plain HTML.

It is in NO WAY a design style.

^^ haha, i dread to think what web 3.0 would be

opacity to 20.1% and outer glow to 0.001% WEB 3.0


Tbh .net is good but you dont HAVE to read it to be a good web devloper, just gives you a boost i surpose.

[Awfy]

Web 3.0 is meant to be the development and destroying on Microsoft. Where Google and Apple Inc. are developing software so it is all online. Things like word processing, spreadsheets and so on can be created and saved online.

That's the prediction in my special edition Webdesigner mag.

[Beau]

Agreed RE definition of Web 3.0. Companies like Adobe are also moving toward that sort of web standard, with development of web versions of Photoshop.