r3fresh

Define "Web 3.0"

Web 2.0: Myspace, YouTube, Digg, Virb, Last.fm, etc.

We have all seen it and heard of it Web 2.0 this and that, but what about web 3.0?

Web 3.0 in my opinion is the moving of applications (Photoshop, iTunes, Aim, Microsoft Office, etc) to the web. We have already begun to see it in sites like meebo (web based instant messaging), Google Docs and Spreadsheets (Word Processing and Spreadsheets), and Picnik (Photo Editing). Adobe has already hinted that they are in the process of making a web version of Photoshop (and it is suppose to be free).

In my opinion as the Internet gets even bigger, our hard drives will become even smaller. Web 3.0 is the beginning of the end for regular old double click applications. With applications on the Internet, OS compatibility will no longer be a problem. It will all depend on the browser you are using.

Web 3.0 is the beginning of the “new” application in which it’s all Internet based and requires no installation of any kind. Yes, it will take time (and bandwidth) to make this truly happen, but it will happen.