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Although the Wikipedia page may say Web 2.0 was about user generated content and tagging, from a web dev point of view it was about building rich interfaces and
by betageek 9y ago
Although the Wikipedia page may say Web 2.0 was about user generated content and tagging, from a web dev point of view it was about building rich interfaces and using XHR to update content without a full page refresh. Full size images had nothing to do with it.
My point is that JavaScript has it place in modern web dev, and saying we should just get rid of it is ridiculous, and not what this article says at all.
Gmail won for many reasons, but usability was a big part of it, and it wouldn't be possible to even auto-complete an email address without JavaScript