[CyberAlien]

Originally Posted by albn

Now the question I had for a while is, what is Web 2.0 anyway? Is it an idea? A buzzword? Marketing device? There does not seem to be a cohesive or definate criteria on what makes a site "web 2.0". Maybe somebody can help define it.

Its a very unclear concept, usually it is used only as marketing keyword for something that has absolutely nothing to do with that concept.

Its not a design specification, so when you see it applied to some design it is usually used only for marketing. There isn't a single vBulletin style that is real web 2.0, and there can't be because of vBulletin template system limitations (can't move stuff around because every item is in different template, must use spacer templates or threaded view would be screwed, etc...). For design web 2.0 code wise means semantically correct layout. There isn't a single vBulletin template that is semantically correct.

For lots of fancy words that mean absolutely nothing and "define" web 2.0 "concept" take a look here: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/orei...is-web-20.html