Web illusions

Web 2.0 is a buzzword, make money out of it while you can, but do not bet on it to stay around for very long. There is no such thing as Web 2.0, but hacks around so called "AJAX" and DHTML. Hacks, which have been silently around for years, until recently, until someone clever realized that money can be made by blowing the buzzword trumpet.

What standards Web 2.0 is based on? "AJAX" -- give me a break -- it's not a standard, but hacks around Microsoft originally introduced XmlHttpRequest class... Else is just DHTML and DOM in plain JS.

As long as HTTP/HTML is around, Web 2.0 is not going to happen. It's inefficient, as of now, and never will be. The whole concept has to change. We need a paradigm shift, not desperate hacks. Do not beat tachnology into submission, don't violate it, or rape. Right now technology is a harlot, a hostage. Not money, but pure practicality must drive webolution. Just like abacus got replaced by more efficient tools, it has to become a necessity, not just fashion trends.

Try to wear those podium designer clothes in your daily commute.

Web 2.0 is just that--a beautiful and expensive cage bird, unable to fly. We need a meteorite impact to cleanse the web from HTTP/HTML/Web2.0 dinosaurs

Safari shows Google coupon feed API page last modified on December 31, 1969

Pretty cool, I wasn't even born yet. http://code.google.com/apis/coupons. Perhaps they have fixed that already by the time you gonna click this link...

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