Web 2.0 - 2 standard??

Is the web becoming too standard. Ok let me rephrase that - is the web becoming too HIGH standard.

You see the first 'version' of the web was a collection of arbitary, badly supported technologies. Then we got some standard and everything ran nicely - almost anyway could make a website and stic it online. Ok so it wouldnt have been flashy (probably was pretty crap) but at least it was there.

No we get the phrase 'Web 2.0' bandied around - which basically means 'lets make it a bit more complicated'. A prime example is CSS, nowadays a table based site is frowned upon. Now I understand CSS and it's positioning coding but does the average Joe? Dreamweaver and other WYSIWYG programs can create CSS driven sites but you still have to have some basic knowledge to get it right - and even then the code the produce is hardly the best and cetainly not cross-browser.

Then we have PAS-78 which is a good idea to some extent but will end up stifling cretivity on the web, not a good thing.

The result of this is a bland boring looking web that takes twice as much effort to code, looks exactly like it did at the start and requires a degree in CSS to build.

We have come a long way in terms of creativity, desing and accessibility on the net - I hope that it now doesn't get screwed up by people trying to make it all too standard.

Well what a farce!

Well the England match was pretty bollox, Joe cole had a great game and it all started well but Owens injury and Sven's poor subs made it an abysmal ending. Ah well...

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Ive been busy playing ablivion this week and am really getting into it! Im at level 10 already and it's now beginning to get difficult. I think it's time to move on to Episode 1 though (which I still have hardly played). I have way too many games I never play!!