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> This is a rather personal take on any versioning on the web. Web 2.0 was "cool" because it was a change to something beautifully different. Having been thoug
by brmgb 4y ago
> This is a rather personal take on any versioning on the web. Web 2.0 was "cool" because it was a change to something beautifully different.
Having been though the whole v2.0 shebang, it was widely uncool and most derided it as a pure marketing play. I mean the term was coined to sell tickets to a conference.
No one could agree at the time about what v2.0 actually was in a way which is not dissimilar to how web3 is currently being pushed. For exemple, you think that RIA applications in Flash are part of Web 2.0. I would definitely say it's not.
- enneff 4y agoWeb 2.0 was just XMLHTTPRequest.
- JofArnold 4y agoWonderfully reductive and so true. But crucially that was a huge browser innovation that has changed how we use computers. I don't think there's an equivalent in Web3 (from a dev perspective); Web3 is basically just Infura providing an API to a database that's incredibly expensive to write to.
- hyperdimension 4y agoDon't forget rounded corners and overzealous reflections and shininess on buttons! Oh yeah, and loading spinners.
- avaldez_ 4y agoAnd CSS shadows
- MomoXenosaga 4y agoI've always interpreted web 2.0 as "we finally found a way to make money with this shit" through advertising money. Old tech.