Web 2.0 and Online Web Applications

Wikipedia defines Web 2.0 as “..web designs that facilitates interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web.”  The theory then, is that Web 2.0 will offer the user much more than simple, static content.  The user will be able to interact with the website and its data.  In Web 2.0, web pages can be thought of as Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for underlying applications. 

Google has created a suite of online applications that allow users to create and edit documents that are compatible with the core offerings of the Microsoft Office suite.  In practical usage, Google Documents will allow you to access your Excel, Word and Powerpoint applications from a web browser anywhere there is Internet access.

• Here is a good article about Google’s Web Applications

As the internet is constantly evolving, I believe that this is still  just the beginning.

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