Web 2.0
. Unfortunately, there is a clear and comprehensive. When you try to explain what it is, they tend to use a set of definitions and examples.
Here's how Tim is defined by O'Reilly "What is Web 2.0
," by Paul Graham in his "
Web 2.0" and Jason Fried in "User Survey "
The User
wisdom: with this definition, we think directly in the operation of Digg.com, where the success of an item is decided by the people who vote. People talk about the strength of the 'network effect. " Results from Google work according to this definition. It 's the number of links to the site that will decide the matter.
- Applications Web shared: if we apply this definition, then only a few sites would be classified as Web 2.0: Basecamp, Writely and 30Boxes. But if we think of applications such as Google and Digg, then many other sites fall within the category.
- The web as a platform intended : definition quite vague. You are right. According to Tim O'Reilly, who coined this concept means to provide a service that could not live without the Web. With this in mind, then think of eBay, Craigslist, Wikipedia, del.icio.us, Skype, and Dodgeball. I think every community can meet this definition.
- Participation of users: This is the fundamental point that divides the old from the new web services sites such as YouTube, Flickr and OhMyNews where users are also authors. The term "read / write web" clearly illustrates the idea that we want to convey.
- Full user involvement : Web 2.0 sites use CSS, AJAX and other technologies that enhance usability and create dynamic pages that are able to show more information in the same space.
- Neologism for Marketing: This is at least what the skeptics say. So search Google, Amazon and eBay, which are part of Web 2.0 for one or more of their characteristics, are just a kind of modern fad destined to disappear. This definition is partially true, though, in my opinion, Web 2.0 is much more.
- The importance of the data: The data management is a skill inherent in companies that deal with Web 2.0. "SQL is the new HTML," is another definition that follows the same philosophy. Everything Web 2.0, from large companies like Amazon and Google to get to small startups as 30boxes and Orchestra, working mainly with database and practically do nothing but show custom views.
- Beta forever : Web applications 2.0 are continuously released, rewritten and revised based on continuous development. Most of Google applications, for example, are still in beta. Also, Flickr is rumored to be changed every 30 minutes. MySpace and other social networks add new features every fortnight. This is, however, also become a feature of the standalone applications, just think of Windows and MacOS issuing fixes and patches all the time.
- Use the web as it was designed : Paul Graham reported an increase in usability that has been achieved through good design, thanks to technologies like AJAX and also because it was allowed users to organize their information freely (see Flickr and del.icio.us).
- Nothing : Many argue that Web 2.0 does not exist. I personally find it hard to share this response. Simply because while it is difficult to find a clear definition on the other hand it is also undeniably a slow revolution in the new sites. It 'like trying to describe the world with only black and white. There are gradations and hues that depict objects better and the reality. I think the same thing can be said of the new applications. In addition, the expression Web 2.0 is still a young man. We understand what it is, but we still can not define its contours.
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Web 2.0 is built with technologies like Ajax
, a development approach based on web JavaScript and XML programming language . This blend of technologies allows the pages to function more like desktop applications for than as static content pages that are usually obsolete on the web
. Through Enhanced Ajax sites, users can interact with information in the individual pages as if they were using an application, leaving the old metaphor of the web
as navigation route in the midst of sequential static pages. 
Dion Hinchcliffe writes in his Web Services Journal
: It 's very important to the value of
Web 2.0:
- Boost
the long tail (Long Tail) . Amazon and eBay have used this idea to build companies worth billions upon billions. Here's how. Web 2.0 provides both the public services. -
Little Pieces,
untied. The piece is no more. It is not agile. What has been built can not be merged, we can not deliver sustainable value nor survive for long. -
Participation and Self Service. Encouraging this view allows us to capture new values \u200b\u200binto your Web 2.0 applications 24 hours 24. Examples: tagging, ranking , trackback and reputations. -
Radical Decentralization. The individual functions are sources of individual sources of failure are unacceptable and today. They do not provide neither the distribution nor the discovery of valuable content significantly. -
emergent behavior. The functions of the Web 2.0 can be reused, remixed , aggregated, searched, and the resulting value can be reintegrated back into your application.
Web 2.0 thrives on another wonderful technology called RSS
. How many of you know, RSS allows users to get automatic updates whenever a site changes, rather than check each time to get the latest information. Simply subscribe to RSS feeds of the site and not just the content of that site changes are automatically sent to your RSS reader or aggregator. Using RSS, Web 2.0 enters the turbo and is widely used to search, filter and remix
news, articles, and other types of content in new items of information. It 'right in the remix, the competent authority in the selection and juxtaposition of existing content and information that lies the great potential of Web 2.0.
Here is, for example, our RSS news aggregator
the new Web 2.0, Ajax-powered and developed by Dutch
Backbase
. The power of
open API provides the revolution of Web 2.0, the access to large proprietary database which again can be used to create new mix and combinations that are not otherwise possible. Amazon, Google, Yahoo, eBay, Skype, and many other companies in the web
(even Microsoft is moving in this direction) have all
open APIs that allow developers to invent and create new applications that improve data and background information. In essence, the
Web 2.0, Web
becomes in itself a development platform. "
" For people who work in the company, the
web is a platform for business. For anyone involved in marketing
the web is a platform for communication. For journalists web is a platform for new media . For technicians, the is a web development platform software and so on. " Source:
Read / Write Web - Richard MacManus
Some great examples of Web 2.0 include
Andale.com
, a site that analyzes sales information by eBay and provides it to users so they can reap more benefits from the auction site. Another is HousingMaps.com , a site created by Craigslist.org and Google Maps , but not officially affiliated with either of them. HousingMaps combines real estate listings of Craigslist with the ability to quickly view Google Maps satellite image of the address correct. All these applications have created new web services built on existing information, data and services and reuse that information in ways not intended by their original creator.
This revolutionary mix
creates many new opportunities for business and for developers who
for consumers, making possible the creation of many new services, useful and innovative. Here is a mini-guide on the most interesting examples of web
2.0. From now on, this guide will be a warehouse that will collect the best and most interesting examples of Web 2.0., With weekly updates and additions. If you are looking for an exhibition of the best examples of applications and Web 2.0 services, you are right. (Please send anything you think might be included and that I have forgotten).
Robin Good's News Channels
- My last feature of Web 2.0, Robin Good's News Channels, is now operational. This is a set, powered by Ajax, with the latest news MasterNewMedia Kolabora, Masterviews and The Weblog Project, this site provides all the news from Robin Good sites that can be seen simultaneously from a single site that is updated when new articles are published. The page is built using technology Backbase and really shows the power of Web 2.0.
through an interface very sensitive, this page is attractive, fast and is updated in real time without refreshing
. It adapts to the needs of users, lets you choose which sites you want to see Robin Good and makes accessible articles on the page or in separate windows (accompanied by buttons to print, email, navigation forward and backward). A powerful feature for research is included and enables users to search all
feed at once and save any search as RSS feed. This new page also incorporates a function to email, printing, a complete archive of all articles published by Robin Good and updates in real-time feed
individual. There really is no better way to get all the contents of Robin Good at once and in one place.
addition, readers can create
feed on their own keywords and republish the content and titles on their websites and
blog without asking further permission (the only thing required is the credit ). Read more on 'news aggregator Robin Good News Channel
click here
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HousingMaps.com
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http://www.housingmaps.com
application really exciting, HousingMaps.com is a great indicator of the potential universe of Web 2.0, where existing sites and software can be easily manipulated or twisted to provide a new service that it would be possible with the original sites.
The beauty of this service lies in its sheer simplicity: the creator Paul Rademacher took the power of Google Maps and crossed it with the real estate listings of Craigslist to make a site where potential buyers can see satellite images properties for sale. It allows users to see the exact location of the property and simultaneously view information on the property itself.
The site provides a unique and useful and is built with almost no effort and investment and demonstrates what can be done with Web 2.0 when the API can interact smoothly.
Read
here to learn more about Housing Maps.
Meebo
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http://www2.meebo.com/
An Ajax-based tool to use multiple instant messaging services , Meebo enables users to using AIM, MSN, Yahoo and other instant messaging services
in a single screen with a single buddy list. The site allows users to simplify their experience with the IM platform, eliminating the hassle of having to use multiple programs at once. Still in its initial phase, Meebo is currently suffering from problems of slow performance, but the creators of the site promises to correct all errors. Once done, this will be a convenient use, popular and useful API.
DropCash
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http://www.dropcash.com/ 
DropCash is a site to organize and monitor a charity campaign and makes it possible to promote a fund-raising, monitoring, "Blog it" and show progress. Created with '
PayPal API, using the verification system and
Typekey Parser DropCash also a function that allows users to customize their page to view a fundraising campaign. E 'a useful tool for charities (as for the collection
Hurricane Katrina), but also for developers of software
as this developer who can use the site to pay for the work. DropCash also has implications in other industries. In fact, every field that has to do with intellectual property easily reproducible (such as film, television, music or software
) in this way can ensure sufficient payment for their work.
For example, the producers of a film may specify a number before you leave the movie and do not leave until the fundraising campaign is not over. In this way, the studies would lose less than piracy, as the film would be partially paid and do not care if it were copied over the network or sold contraband on the street. This idea could help solve some of the problems that are facing the TV and film industry and could facilitate the path for future television
online.
Google Suggest
- A great example of an application for the browser is Google Suggest, an application (still in beta) which completes the scope of Google search queries related to suggestions. He wants to make it easier and more convenient to research suggesting topics that may be useful for users.
But in this seemingly simple application there is more. It 's a great example of using Ajax in the browser, as it brings new information without having to refresh the page and making it easier to access. The technology is also attractive because the text suggestions react quickly to what you type, constantly altering the words that are formed on the screen. Although this has been possible for years with applications to the desktop
, Google Suggest shows the ability to self-completion through the use of web
2.0. E 'a useful tool for anyone involved in marketing
and for
bloggers, as it provides a reference to determine which phrases have the highest relative popularity, allowing anyone involved in marketing of to tailor their securities based on those keywords. Read more Google Suggest you read here
.
Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix
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http://www.programmableweb.com/matrix #
Mashup Matrix shows mashup (remix content and services) existing opportunities to enhance access to services provided by 89
websites with open APIs . This is a web application built by the creative combination of data taken from various sources. Sometimes these mashup using API, sometimes RSS, XML, or HTML, or data "internal" that are not usually accessible to the public. The etymology of the word comes from the use of mashup music community of DJs and shows two or more songs mixed in a single track. To learn more about Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix
read here.
Guidelines for Web 2.0 graphics
7
07 2007
Every day the web of interesting surprises in store for us, especially at this time where it grows more and more the so-called Web 2.0
.
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Finally I get rid of this picture made long ago ...
This new way of conceiving the web, as I already said 
,
practice involves the use of a "standard" full graphic shades of white, reflections and various zuccherosità .
In summary, we have developed a new Web 2.0 style graphics, which is common to most new services, and gives an idea of \u200b\u200buniformity.
In this post I want to write some guidelines for this type of graphics dictated by experience and a little touch of personal taste, and therefore should not be considered rules, but good advice.
1. The concept
The short, the graphics in Web 2.0 should be simple, clear, bright and shining. The key words are crystal, glass and sugar.
2. Flat
2.0 The basis of the graphics to be flat or slightly rounded. Absolutely avoid the classic findings. Excellent but a slight nuance that gives roundness.
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3. Reflections
The reflection should be up, not tilted to one side symmetrical but also must be a shade of white, or white uniform.
4. Edge of the reflection
The reflection must have a margin, even thinner than the base.
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5. Form of reflection
The reflection should be horizontal, horizontal "wave" which goes to the right (and bottom-left) or elliptical convex. To avoid the elliptical concave.
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6. Shadow
The shadow must be black, blurry and translucent, and preferably at the bottom in a vertical line respect to the object or just behind it. Absolutely the worst shadows. If the objects have to give an idea to be "standing", you can put down elliptical shadow.
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Ok, I exaggerated a bit with the size of the shadow
7. Uniformity
This applies to everything, however it should be noted that it is good to follow a single style and color for base, reflections and shadows in different elements related to each other.
8. Strips
As optional addition, you can add overlays to the base of the strips to decorate. The important thing is that the stripes are more clear, and translucent, slightly marked. Their management is this: ↗
9. Variants
must remember that these signs can be built based on variants and their own personal style, remembering not to deviate too far from the main concepts. The following are tips to start, are not complete or exhaustive.
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