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DISCOVERING INTERACTION DESIGNASSIGNMENT 9ONDesign and Web 2.0CMT1300BYMANIRU SANI KHALIFAM00251649DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYAND BUS, INFORMATION SYSTEMSMIDDLESEX UNIVERSITYLONDONHENDON CAMPUSLECTURER: Mr. RAY ADAMS

INTRODUCTION:

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Web 2.0

" refers to what is perceived as a secondgenerationof web developmentandweb design. It is characterized as facilitatingcommunication, information sharing, interoperability,User-centered designandcollaborationon theWorld Wide Web. It has led to the development and evolution of web-based communities,hosted services, andweb applications. Examples includesocial-networking sites,video-sharing sites,wikis, blogs, mashupsandfolksonomies. According toTim O'Reilly: Web 2.0 is thebusinessrevolutionin thecomputer industrycaused by the move to theInternetas a platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform.

DEFINATION:

"Web 2.0" refers to a second generation of web development and design, that facilitatescommunication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the WorldWide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-basedcommunities, hosted services, and applications such associal-networking sites, video-sharing sites,wikis,blogs,mashupandfolksonomies.

Characteristics :

1.Web 2.0 websites allow users to do more than just retrieveinformation.

They can build on the interactive facilities of "Web 1.0" toprovide"Network as platform"computing, allowing users to runsoftware-applications entirely through a browser.3.Users can own the data on a Web 2.0 site and exercise control overthat data.4.These sites may have an "Architecture of participation" thatencourages users to add value to the application as they use it.5.This stands in contrast to traditional websites, the sort that limitedvisitors to viewing and whose content only the site's owner couldmodify.

Web 2.0 sites often feature a rich, user-friendly interface based on

Ajaxand similar client-side interactivity frameworks, or fullclient-server application frameworkssuch asOpen Laszlo, Flex, and theZK framework.

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They can build on the interactive facilities of "Web 1.0" toprovide"Network as platform"computing, allowing users to runsoftware-applications entirely through a browser.8.Users can own the data on a Web 2.0 site and exercise control overthat data.9.These sites may have an "Architecture of participation" thatencourages users to add value to the application as they use it.10.This stands in contrast to traditional websites, the sort that limitedvisitors to viewing and whose content only the site's owner couldmodify.

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Web 2.0 sites often feature a rich, user-friendly interface based on

Ajaxand similar client-side interactivity frameworks, or fullclient-server application frameworkssuch asOpen Laszlo, Flex, and theZK framework.

Technology overview:

Web 2.0 websites typically include some of the following features and techniques.

1.Search:

The ease of finding information through keyword search.

2.Links:

Ad-hoc guides to other relevant information.

3.Authoring:

The ability to create constantly updating content over a platform that is shifted from being the creation of a few to being constantly updated, interlinked work. In wikis, thecontent is iterative in the sense that users undo and redo each other's work. In blogs,content is cumulative in that posts and comments of individuals are accumulated over time.

4.Tags:

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