Re: Guidelines and/or Heuristics on Web 2.0 sites?

James Wanless <[email protected]>
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Why a heuristic evaluation specific to a Web 2.0 site?  This seems to me, 
to be akin to putting a defining term on something where none is needed.

What would be different about evaluating a web 2.0 site, as opposed to any 
other?  Web 2.0 (and I'll admit I hate the term) simply refers to an 
evolution of the web as a platform.  It's generally about semantic 
content, user-generation, sharing and building iteratively and 
collectively.  I'm still trying to figure out why you would evaluate that 
differently than a more static site.

Aren't the issues (or maybe guiding principles for evaluation), more or 
less, the same?

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"ACM SIGCHI WWW Human Factors (Open Discussion)" 
<[email protected]> wrote on 22/02/2008 03:42:38 PM:

> I am looking to conduct a heuristic evaluation on a Web 2.0 site. Does 
> anyone know of any Guidelines or Heuristics out their specifically for 
Web 
> 2.0?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kim
> 
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