Comments on: Is Web 2.0 Innovation Over? http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Butler http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4052 Paul Butler Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:58:12 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/#comment-4052 Part of what made web 2.0 possible was improvements in browsers - better cross-browser support, CSS, WYSIWIG editors (In IE and Gecko), XMLHttpRequest, etc. As far as that end goes, everything that can be done has. I mean if you look at some of the web applications like Google Apps, they are essentially taking a platform that was designed for static text and building a desktop application out of it. I don't see how much farther you can push it from that end of things. Browsers have been pushed to their limits as it is. I think the next group of innovations we will see is web-based desktop software that goes beyond what the browser will support. I'm talking about XUL, XAML, Adobe Apollo, etc. Also, I think there is still some innovation to be done for mobile, but I'm not sure how much a mobile application would catch on. Part of what made web 2.0 possible was improvements in browsers – better cross-browser support, CSS, WYSIWIG editors (In IE and Gecko), XMLHttpRequest, etc. As far as that end goes, everything that can be done has. I mean if you look at some of the web applications like Google Apps, they are essentially taking a platform that was designed for static text and building a desktop application out of it. I don’t see how much farther you can push it from that end of things. Browsers have been pushed to their limits as it is.

I think the next group of innovations we will see is web-based desktop software that goes beyond what the browser will support. I’m talking about XUL, XAML, Adobe Apollo, etc.

Also, I think there is still some innovation to be done for mobile, but I’m not sure how much a mobile application would catch on.

]]> By: Shaun Rotman http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4042 Shaun Rotman Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:16:55 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/#comment-4042 I have to agree. There has been little innovation in the Web 2.0 field. We need some new and creative ideas, not little spins on more well-known ones (can someone say "Twitter"?). What we haven't explored yet, besides web platforms, is the mobile platform. There is so much potential seeing as everyone has a mobile. Why not target this audience? It's been spoken about for years, but until someone gives these mobile carriers a good kick in the behind to jump start the market, we might as well sit back and wait for the next wave of music/video/photo/IM/etc. sites to come along. I have to agree. There has been little innovation in the Web 2.0 field. We need some new and creative ideas, not little spins on more well-known ones (can someone say “Twitter”?).

What we haven’t explored yet, besides web platforms, is the mobile platform. There is so much potential seeing as everyone has a mobile. Why not target this audience?

It’s been spoken about for years, but until someone gives these mobile carriers a good kick in the behind to jump start the market, we might as well sit back and wait for the next wave of music/video/photo/IM/etc. sites to come along.

]]> By: Mark Evans - Is Web 2.0 Innovation Over? « A Frog in the Valley Internet Stream Pulse http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4035 Mark Evans - Is Web 2.0 Innovation Over? « A Frog in the Valley Internet Stream Pulse Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:59:59 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/#comment-4035 [...] Mark Evans - Is Web 2.0 Innovation Over? [...] [...] Mark Evans – Is Web 2.0 Innovation Over? [...]

]]> By: It’s not Web 2.0 — it’s just the Web » mathewingram.com/work http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4033 It’s not Web 2.0 — it’s just the Web » mathewingram.com/work Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:45:15 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/#comment-4033 [...] also notes (as does Mark Evans here) that what we need now is more innovation when it comes to helping all the sites and services we [...] [...] also notes (as does Mark Evans here) that what we need now is more innovation when it comes to helping all the sites and services we [...]

]]> By: Magnus http://www.markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/comment-page-1/#comment-4032 Magnus Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:47:16 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/2007/03/20/is-web-20-innovation-over/#comment-4032 Once the media has coined something and you can't go a night on the news without a story to keep the station "hip" then it starts jumping the shark. Well until something even more hip comes alongs. I can't wait to see what new innovations we are in for. Once the media has coined something and you can’t go a night on the news without a story to keep the station “hip” then it starts jumping the shark. Well until something even more hip comes alongs.

I can’t wait to see what new innovations we are in for.

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