[LINK] RFC: Web 2.0

[Ivan Trundle]

More on the 'design' of Web 2.0:

http://f6design.com/journal/2006/10/21/the-visual-design-of-web-20/

(entertaining stuff, but my tongue is firmly embedded in my cheek,  
even after reading this - perhaps it's too much buzzword overload -  
'harnessing input', 'improving data quality', 'friendliness of  
rounded corners', etc...)

An intro snippet (lots of pictures on the site, too):
"If you didn’t blink, you may have noticed that for a few days  
recently Wikipedia’s entry for Web 2.0 included a subsection  
describing the visual elements of Web 2.0. Gradients, colorful icons,  
reflections, dropshadows, and large text all got a mention.

A few days later the “visual elements” addition had been removed  
after a vote by wikipedians. The objection, I suppose, is that no set  
of visual criteria can accurately define something as being  
characteristic of Web 2.0 - if Web 2.0 can be understood as an  
approach to generating and distributing content, then it needn’t be  
tied to a particular visual style.

Nevertheless, it’s true that many Web 2.0 sites do share a  
distinctive aesthetic. Wikipedia’s editors may not think it’s a  
worthy part of the Web 2.0 discussion, but I say bring it on! Let’s  
take a look at the some of the communication issues facing a Web 2.0  
site, and see how the “Web 2.0 look” can help to solve them."

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