Web Applications ("Web 2.0")

Several technologies have been developed over the past decades to enable us to create web based applications, which have interfaces and interactivity like the desktop applications that we are used to.

• The easy interfaces enable users to put "their" content on the Internet and retrieve the information "they" want with amazing ease. (Blogs & Wiki)
• The interactivity enhancements allow users to access information without innumerable reloads of a website, while providing the look and feel of the desktop. (Netvibes)
• Some of these applications, accessible over the Internet can be used by mobile workers, or when you're on holiday, or while you relax at home. (Zimbra)
• Some of these applications can be used together with other web based services to create your own new web service. (See what we are doing for Auto Hirch.)