Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

The Web 1.0 

The Web 1.0 (1991-2003) is the most basic form that exists and it is considered "read-only web". Socially, users could only view webpages but could not reflect on the content of the web pages (with comments, answers, quotes, etc.) which means that the users were not able to interact with each other, but this was intended in order to just offer information about a certain topic. To sum up information was not dynamic and was only updated  by the web-master.

Some design elements of a Web 1.0 site include:

• Static pages instead of dynamic user-generated content.
• The use of frame sets
• The use of tables to position and align elements on a page. These were often used in combination with "spacer" GIFs (1x1 pixel transparent images in the GIF format) 
• Proprietary HTML extensions such as the <blink> and <marquee> tags introduced during the first browser war
• Online guest-books
• GIF buttons, typically 88x31 pixels in size promoting web browsers and other products.
• HTML forms sent via email. A user would fill in a form, and upon clicking submit their email client would attempt to send an email containing the form's details.The Web 2.0

The Web 2.0 

The Web 2.0 is described as the second generation of the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumers) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumers) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Web 2.0 sites allow users to do more than just retrieve information and applications tend to interact much more with the end user. As such, the end user is not only a user of the application but also a participant by:

• Podcasting
• Blogging
• Tagging 
• Contributing to RSS
• Social bookmarking
• Social networking

To summarize here is a short list of differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

1. Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing
2. Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities
3. Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer 
4. Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs 
5. Web 1.0 was about lectures, Web 2.0 is about conversation

Drumgoole, J. (2006). Web 2.0 vs Web 1.0 [Online blog]. Retrieved April 28, 2012, from the World Wide Web: http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2006/05/29/web-20-vs-web-10/

Wed 1.0 (2012). [Online article]. Retrieved April 28, 2012, from the World Wide Web:         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_1.0

Web 2.0 (2012). [Online article]. Retrieved April 28, 2012, from the Worl Wide Web: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0