Technology - Web Development 10 - File Formats, Web 2-0 & Futures

Synopsis

We discuss graphic and multimedia file formats including JPG, GIF, PNG, Flash, PDF and Scalable Network Graphics. We then discuss the major developments and trends in web technology, including new methods of linkage such as webfeed and social bookmarking, folksonomies, user-generated content, Google’s AdSense and click fraud, new traffic patterns due to peer-to-peer file sharing, and the debate over network neutrality, QoS and tiered services.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Graphic and multimedia file formats
  • 2.1 JPG
    • 2.1.1 Exif embedded data
  • 2.2 GIF
  • 2.3 PNG
  • 2.4 SVG
    • 2.4.1 Text based and editable
    • 2.4.2 Animation and scripting
    • 2.4.3 Versions and profiles for mobile
    • 2.4.4 Ikivo and Beatware animation programs
  • 2.5 Adobe Flash
  • 2.6 Adobe PDF
    • 2.6.1 Benefits and problems
    • 2.6.2 Ligatures
    • 2.6.3 Searchability
    • 2.6.4 Zoom and navigation
    • 2.6.5 JavaScript and web access
    • 2.6.6 Alternatives to PDF
• 3. Web 2.0 and the future
  • 3.1 New methods of linkage
    • 3.1.1 Webfeed
    • 3.1.2 Podcasting
    • 3.1.3 Tagging - folksonomies
    • 3.1.4 Social bookmarking
  • 3.2 Blogs and discussion sites
    • 3.2.1 Slashdot, Digg and reddit
  • 3.3 User generated content
  • 3.4 Pay-per-click advertising
    • 3.4.1 Click fraud
    • 3.4.2 Financing websites
  • 3.5 New traffic patterns
  • 3.6 Network Neutrality and QoS
    • 3.6.1 Demand for differing types of Internet traffic
    • 3.6.2 Discrimination regarding source and destination
    • 3.6.3 Peering arrangements
    • 3.6.4 Global Internet QoS is impractical
  • 3.7 New user interfaces
  • 3.8 Web services and mashups
  • 3.9 New markets - the long Tail
• 4. Related reports