Web 2.0?

I was reading this article on how web 2.0 is “The Killer of Design” and the confusion that surrounds it. No one really knows what it is. If you search for it in Google you will get a few pages containing links to supposed Web 2.0 sites, but none of them seam to meet what i thought was Web 2.0 (colourfull, larger text, user friends, standards based).

With the increase of all these “user friendly” sites that offer easy creation of content were people can pick and chooses what they wish. creating works of “art” that can be something to be desired.

Bellow is an excerpt from the article.

We now have myriads of users actively publishing content on the internet; but when it’s so easy to do it and all the barriers have been removed, what will the user do with this absolute freedom, especially considering his general lack of whatever publishing skills were necessary before? Too much freedom can be dangerous and the user will eventually abuse it. Just take a look at MySpace or other similar sites to see what I’m talking about. The designer’s nightmare is upon us – users are given the power to choose layout, colors, fonts, and all the flashy gimmicks they want.

Maybe some day the whole web 2.0 thing will be explained and every one will be at peace until web 3.0 comes out and everything gets murky.

Wikipedia: web 2.0
badboy.ro: The Killer of Design