What is Interactive Design?

The term Interactive Design focuses on design for people, which is an experience of interaction and interactivity towards that creation, whether it is real or simulated. The effect of it however, is what is most important as it creates experiences between the audiences, such as feedback, control, creativity, productivity, communicative and adaptive. Interactive Design also, evaluates the user-behaviour providing knowledge and reaction to that design developing an interaction.

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Shedroff, Nathan “A Unified Field Theory of Design.” Nathan Shedroff’s World. 1994. 9 Mar 2009 <http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/unified/index.html>

What is the difference between Web 1.0 and 2.0?

Web 1.0 in comparison to Web 2.0, is about the website design style resulting in a one-way flow of information and containing contents of ‘read-only’ materials. However, with Web 2.0 it can decentralize the website content, allowing users to be more involved and interact, as well as being the contributors, producers of information and consumers.

“Web 1.0.” Wikipedia. 26 Feb 2009. 8 Mar 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_1.0>

Image Link - http://www.sizlopedia.com/2007/08/18/web-10-vs-web-20-the-visual-difference/

Difference

• Web 1.0 | Web 2.0
• Reading → Writing
• Companies → Communities
• Client-Server → Peer-to-Peer
• HTML → XML
• Home Pages → Blogs
• Lectures → Conversation
• Owning → Sharing

“Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0”. BC Writer, Marketer, Professional Speaker and Raconteur DarrenBarefoot.com. 29 May 2006. 8 Mar 2009 <http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/05/web-10-vs-web-20.html>

Web 2.0 Examples

Blogs - Is basically an online journal that consists of opinions, information and personal entries, also allowing viewers to comment their thoughts.

• Example - http://radar.oreilly.com/

Wikis – Are set webpages that is designed to allow users to edit and contribute to the content of that page.

• Example - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Tagging – Is like a digital bookmark that allows the users to tag a piece of information, file or image. As it is then ‘tagged’ it provides the user with multiple access to easily find that marked information.

• Example - http://del.icio.us/

Multimedia sharing – Is an online service that stores and shares videos, photos and podcasts.

• Examples - http://www.flickr.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/

Podcasting – Is another online service that allows users to download or listen to recorded pieces of information.

• Example - http://uk.mevio.com/ and http://odeo.com/

RSS - Is a subscribed or formatted link that allows the enabled user to visit and keep informed about their selected website.

• Example - http://www.netvibes.com/#General

Social networking – Is a networked site designed as an online community for users to easily interact with each other.

• Example - http://www.facebook.com/

Anderson, P “What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education.” JISC. 2007. 7 Mar 2009 <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf>

What is Web 2.0?

The term Web 2.0 refers to understanding the web as a platform, and that is an information space that has been designed to give the users an experience to participate, publish, collaborate and share. It is a development that links people all around and creates connectivity and interactivity between the developers and users through the networks, services and applications. It is seen as user-centered, driven and produced and has created network effects through the contents delivered. Web 2.0 simplifies the way end-users make use of the web, even if it is through social networking, multimedia sharing, wikis, blogs and folksonomies, all of which have become the integral parts of Web 2.0.

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“Web 2.0.” Wikipedia. 3 Mar 2009. 7 Mar 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0>

O’Reilly, Tim “What is Web 2.0.” O’Reilly Media. 30 Sep 2005. 7 Mar 2009
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html>

Introduction – The Interactive Generation

Living in a generation that is so interactively involved, in particular, with the World Wide Web, has somehow provided us with the experience of participation, a space or place were we can interact, create, share, express and communicate openly to almost everyone. It is an interactive development that has lead to today’s generation form of involvement with each other.