Web Predictions for 2006

Last year, I made predictions for 2005 along with the other InformIT folks. The original list isn’t online anymore, but I posted the 2005 predictions along with what really happened. I batted average. Some on the mark and some way out there.

So continuing the tradition, I wrote up my thoughts for this year and linked to those who did the same. Not too many common themes popped up. Most of us mentioned Web 2.0 and Ajax in some form, but we said different things.

• Web standards will neither gain momentum nor slow down because it’s become an old topic and people want to move on to new topics. Furthermore, sites coming out with standards-based design aren’t as frequent.
• Ajax and Web 2.0 will continue to buzz though they shouldn’t. Ajax has been happening long before it got a name and Web 2.0 is explained here. However, I can’t imagine them being buzzwords for the entire year.

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