What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is an advanced and current form of the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieve information. Web 2.0 has technologies such as blogs, social bookmarking, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds to enhance existing sites.

The basics of Web 2.0 websites are with less text, large size of fonts with contrast color layouts and more visuals to avoid confusing visitors. As a web designer, it is important to learn the fundamentals of web 2.0 style. I use to follow Contrast color theme - Gradient background - Centralize contents - Less text - More visuals - Round corners table and bookmarking options for web 2.0 websites.

Tim O'Reilly's definition on Web 2.0

The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage. The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other. Read More...