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Some time ago I wrote a small article about web 3.0 as I saw it. It was about moving more and more work and information to web and maybe creating something like a webOS.
Indeed, more and more work and information has moved over the last 2-3 years onto the web. Words like Rich Internet Application and Software as a Service become vary popular and even more, a reality.
Ajax and Flex have enriched our web experience a lot in the recent years. Web sites that do not have a nice information flow to the customer are less and less visited. We as customers value this kind of things. I like to go to an web site and work my way through the information without being interrupted by a page refresh.
Also media on the web become a something very common. If some years ago watching a flash movie on the web was a rare event, now sites like youtube.com made this a common thing.
All of this was possible due to multiple factors but I think the main one was easier access to broadband internet connection for more and more people. The ability to move around massive amounts of date was crucial to the web development we are seeing right now. Would you try to watch a movie on youtube.com over a 3 Kb/s line? Even going on flickr.com will make you think twice, especially if you are paying by the MB.
So BTW, what are we paying by the MB right now and is slow compared to our unlimited broadband connection from home?
The next rethinking about the way we are writing web applications will be linked to the mobile business. iPhone, HTC, Eten, BlackBerry will be the new drivers in shaping up the new generation of web application. They have a small screen, slow and very expensive internet connection, however more and more people are using them to browse the web. The experience right now is far from enjoyable as most web applications are not designed for this. All of them are using different pan and zoom techniques to overcome the screen problem but this is just an workaround.
Soon, some business owner will look to his site analytics reports and figure out that more than a half of his visitors are using mobile devices. And this business owner will go to a contractor and ask him to optimize the web site to be best view on mobile devices. Web 3.0 was born.
