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Acer. Cracks Serials Keygens. KEY. Epm-dm.exe - What is epm-dm.exe? File Extentions. Open Source Templates | Free CSS and XHTML Website Templates. Web Misunderstandards. As I referenced in my last article, the benefits and characteristics of Web standards are not being effectively communicated to many who need to hear and learn about them. The result is that some understandably leap to inaccurate conclusions while gross mischaracterizations are allowed to fester among members of the design and development community. Arriving in my inbox this week was a response to my last article that clearly illustrates just how far off the mark many remain in understanding Web standards.

Though I want to keep the author anonymous, I believe his mistaken sentiments can serve as a springboard for examining some specifics of Web standards and how design relates to the Web, as a medium. I believe that addressing the misconceptions held by one individual may allow us to clear things up for many. I hope so, anyway. Here is the note I received this week, verbatim: “Frankly I think you're completely wrong about this. Design vs. standards smackdown So, designers: O'Reilly -- What Is Web 2.0. By Tim O'Reilly 09/30/2005 Oct. 2009: Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle answer the question of "What's next for Web 2.0?

" in Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On. The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear to be a common feature of all technological revolutions. Shakeouts typically mark the point at which an ascendant technology is ready to take its place at center stage.

The pretenders are given the bum's rush, the real success stories show their strength, and there begins to be an understanding of what separates one from the other. The concept of "Web 2.0" began with a conference brainstorming session between O'Reilly and MediaLive International. In the year and a half since, the term "Web 2.0" has clearly taken hold, with more than 9.5 million citations in Google. This article is an attempt to clarify just what we mean by Web 2.0. 1.

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