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Understanding Web 2.0 Interfaces
Understanding Web 2.0 interfaces
The term Web 2.0 has been adopted to cover a new breed of web applications that use innovative architectures and toolkits to build very responsive applications that are focused on users. Flash, Flex and Ajax applications are examples of this new approach.
Because of the rich interfaces used by this type of application, they are often referred to as Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). This term was originally coined by Macromedia in relation to Flash, but has since been adopted to refer to any rich Web 2.0 interface.
Many Web 2.0 developers are drawing their inspiration for Web applications from desktop applications. Desktop applications are generally more responsive and provide a wider range of controls and visual effects than traditional Web applications. One of the challenges for developers is to increase the responsiveness and enhance the interfaces of Web 2.applications. This implies a need for new components and interface elements.
In this article, I want to look at the key points to consider when working with Web 2.0 interfaces and examine how they differ from those in Web 1.0 applications.
Specifically, I’ll look at:
- The difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 interfaces
- The concept of a single screen application
- Web 2.0 interface elements
- User interactions with Web 2.0 interfaces
- Usability and accessibility
I’ll start by looking at what’s changed between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 application interfaces.
Sas Jacobs
Hello. I'm the Principal of Anything Is Possible, an Australian web development business specialising in web applications development and training. I'm interested in using Flash with dynamic content and I've presented at a number of International conferences on topics relating to applications development, XML and scripting components. I have recently released my second print book Beginning XML with DOM and Ajax to match the first one - Foundation XML for Flash. I have a business web site
and a personal web site.