Since the World Wide Web “Big Bang”, back in the 1990’s, Internet paleontologists has researched it’s evolution closely.
The dream behind the Web is of a common information space in which we communicate by sharing information. Its universality is essential: the fact that a hypertext link can point to anything, be it personal, local or global, be it draft or highly polished. There was a second part of the dream, too, dependent on the Web being so generally used that it became a realistic mirror (or in fact the primary embodiment) of the ways in which we work and play and socialize.
“Alta Vista” turned into Google,
“Newsgroups” turned into forums.
HTTP protocol appear out of the Internet sea,
HTML Static Web Pages (BrochureWare) take off,
Dynamic data becomes integrated into web pages,
Web pages become interactive (JavaScript, cookies),
Web Applications appear.
XML – Markup starts to define Data, not just data placement and presentation
HTML is “cleansed” – XHTML
XHTML is beautified – CSS
Web Services drive web content delivery
- l The reliance on Web Services is the
Web 2.0 - l This is not a promise – it’s the implementation of yesterday’s promise:
- - MySpace
- - Flickr
Today, Social Networks are blossoming in every corner.
Web 2.0, Web 2.5, Web 3.0.
What is the future evolution of the World Wide Web?
The real question is, “How could we surprise the users next?”
