What applications or "services" are web 2.0 indicative? Google would have to be at the forefront of any list of applications that has used web 2.0 to make the move from desktop "client" applications to server or web based applications. Web 2.0 has brought democracy, freedom, convenience, performance to the web and Google has been a leader offering Gmail, Google Documents and Google Maps. No longer are you tied to your desktop machine with all your data stored there, you can work on and share documents anywhere in the world without fear of crashes, viruses or the need to constantly back up in case of theft of your own machine. By the end of 2009 Google Wave will allow users to simultaneously work on documents in real time no matter where whether they are in New York, Sydney or London. For me Google represents the leader in web 2.0 it is bringing "cloud computing" to the masses by removing the need for all the software to reside on your PC. Other applications indicative of web 2.0 would be SKYPE, Wilipedia, eBay, Amazon and Blogger.com.
Diigo versus HTML. My vote would go to the Diigo site and it's huge potential as a research and Social Bookmarking tool. Diigo's ability to Bookmark, make Annotations, add Tags, Sticky Notes and create groups with similar interests is where we are going with web 2.0. It's ease and convenience is what we are promised by web 2.o and it leaves HTML as a milestone in the move from client based software to web based applications.
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