Microsoft Office Live's Contribution to Web 2.0
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Definition of Web 2.0
Web 2.0 is the next generation of web applications from Web 1.0 that people started to notice after the dotcom bubble burst in 2001. Web 2.0 has given people more of a rich user experience by making it possible for more user interaction and input through blogging and sharing of data through websites like Facebook, Myspace, and Flickr. Web 2.0 has created an internet that has no physical boundary but a gravitational core that ties together a solar system of sites. It has made companies start to harness collective intelligence and made ownership of data a high priority. Information can become so excessible that it's important for a company to harness or own data. Web 2.0 has also made it possible for the end of the software release cycle, lightweight programming models, and software above the level of a single devise. All of these characteristics and more are created by O’Reilly in his article “What is Web 2.0” [1]
Overview of Microsoft Office Live
Microsoft Office Live is a Web application that allows users to create a website, choose a domain name, access email, and store and share documents. This application is perfect for small businesses who want free web hosting, free templates and easy to use tools, free email accounts, and free online support. Microsoft Office Live allows you to access documents from any computer; eliminating flash drives and increasing customer satisfaction and convenience. It also allows you to store password protected files up to 5GB and work together with people on stored files. All this information and much more can be found at the Microsoft Office Live Website.[2]
Microsoft Office Live's Contribution to Web 2.0
Microsoft Office Live has made it very easy for anyone to build their own website. The Microsoft Office Live application has allowed small businesses to get their business on the web without having to hire a website designer or having to personally know how to write code. This application can also be used by social groups, clubs, school assignments, or individual users. Creating a website is free and the only thing that Microsoft Office Live charges for are domain name registration, additional storage of data, and additional user interaction with your data. Microsoft Office Live is a web application the uses the Web 2.0 design pattern of users adding value. The web application involves the users both implicitly and explicitly adding value to their application. Microsoft Office Live has advertisements contained on their application that will become more valuable as they gain more users. Each created website has a Bing search engine at the top of the page. As more users create websites and more people view their sites, it will increase Microsoft's Bing search engine and make more information available to users.
Microsoft Office Live is similar to popular user profile websites such as Facebook and Myspace because it allows people to create, share, and express themselves freely on the Internet. A website could be turned into a similar profile of facebook or myspace to show off art work or other personal accomplishments. Once a user gets his website and domain name, it makes him visible to the world and he or she can express themselves in their own way. Facebook and Myspace profiles are restricted to a certain layout and format. Microsoft Office Live allows a user to create a custom profile in the form of a website allowing other people to view their desired information and gives the user a higher level of self expression.
Microsoft Office Live allows users to store and share documents with selected users. These documents could be pictures similar to the Web 2.0 sites of Flicker and Facebook. The documents can be stored and can be worked on together by users offering similar services as Google docs. Microsoft Office Live also allows people to store up to 5 GB of password protected documents that can be retrieved from any computer or phone connected to the Internet; which definitely follows a Web 2.0 principle of removing software from a single mobile device.