Overall Review

[zumojuice]

Well I am sure that have stripes that mark your website as hazardous is indeed a useful function.

[tanicos]

i find very mean people here and can't understand why. If you don't want to listen to an expert in design then why bother with this forum? just for rank?
i've reviewed an ugly website design and the replies were as if i deleted his website, i posted some SEO techniques and no thanks or nothing from 100 views, here i am told not to advertise my site when i wanted to show that guy what web 2.0 design means....
really review your attitude and before that look at your own websites and then review the good ones...people really work hard to learn things and apply them

[Design-Disaster]

Your site isn't web 2.0, you have no f*cking idea what web 2.0 is, it's not a style its the function of the site. You either have to be having a joke or you're a complete nutter, get your facts straight before you start having a pop at people

[tanicos]

Originally Posted by Design-Disaster

Your site isn't web 2.0, you have no f*cking idea what web 2.0 is, it's not a style its the function of the site. You either have to be having a joke or you're a complete nutter, get your facts straight before you start having a pop at people

SEE what i was meaning? Hey buddy...learn how to use the web and then talk about web 2.0. Web 2.0 is not a style? Really? browse and learn

[zumojuice]

What are you saying a web 2.0 style is? I see no mention of style here

[tanicos]

try this Web 2.0 how-to design style guide
there is a Web 2.0 Design STYLE too...browse the web..don't take wikipedia as it is..they don't say anything about design....

[Toon]

From the guy that first coined the phrase

O'Reilly -- What Is Web 2.0

[zumojuice]

You've said it yourself:

I'm using the term "Web 2.0 design" to describe the prevailing style of web design I introduce in my current style article.

Many people use the term "Web 2.0" to describe:

* a resurgence in the web economy
* a new level of technological interactivity between web sites and services
* or social phenomena deriving from new types of online communities and social networks

Many others also use the term in reference to a recent school of web design. I'm comfortable with using it in that context here.

I'll agree that the design elements you describe are inherit in web design today, but to label them as web 2.0 style is misleading at best. These factors change over time and may in fact be down to: current design trends generally, innovations in software etc.

Many of those you outline relate to the increased 'better design' of the internet and are based on function dictating style.

These are as much about making clear accessible design than a 'style' : simplicity, central layout, less columns, separate top sections, solid areas of screen real-estate, simple navigation, bolder logos, bigger text and stronger colours

These are about design trends moving to the web: gradients, reflections, cute icons and star flashes

You've outlined some key design elements, which will make any site look better designed and fit next to web 2.0 stuff, but this does not make a site web 2.0.

[James Jones]

Originally Posted by tanicos

try this Web 2.0 how-to design style guide
there is a Web 2.0 Design STYLE too...browse the web..don't take wikipedia as it is..they don't say anything about design....

You're having a laugh aint ya?

[damnedColonist]

This is not to sound mean at all, but I'm blunt when I'm critiquing. If I were a customer, I would not go with you. I can find your webpage all over the internet; it feels like a template does. What you need is uniqueness. Don't follow a trend to the point where it looks like you're using a template. Be your own trendsetter.