Web 2.0 and the Ajaxalope
A Kindred Spirit
I came across a post today that reinforces my true feelings about the hype and flutter that surrounds Web 2.0. It goes on to argue as to why AJAX is often misrepresented and misused in application development.
The reason for my distaste for Web 2.0 is because it is a label that gets applied to things often based on aesthetics and the development based around frameworks and not function. It’s cool, Web 2.0. Script.aculo.us, Web 2.0, Drag and Drop modules, Web 2.0. Syndication, Web 2.0.
Serve a Real Purpose
Web development must serve the needs of the users and the aims of the company that commissions it. If it doesn’t do that then it is Waste 2.0. Don’t build Web 2.0, build something that works and if someone calls it Web 2.0 then I guess you are in the club.
Tags: AJAX, hype, Thomas Baekdal, Web 2.0
July 10th, 2006 at 1:08 pm
[...] My first reason for saying this is the way I found his post. I started the day at TechCrunch, but didn’t find anything really juicy there (although I saw this post and chuckled at the thought of anything ‘damaging the reputation of MySpace widgets’ - isn’t that an oxymoron?). So I decided to head North of the border and stumbled upon this goody. Now in typical 2.0 blogging fashion, there’s no actual story here, really just a link to this post. It too isn’t really ‘content’ as much as it is a gushing piece of love for the actual story (of course he’s also referencing this blog post). [...]