So after researching Web 2.5 we really are past that. It had a few proponents that advocated it as a social enterprise and an always-on-you web. Which is accurate to a degree. But I think we moved maybe one notch past it - so I'm declaring Web 2.6 as the new web.
Web 2.6 is still always-on-you, but it is also always on us. It is more connected to the world wide world and less about being a place you go to and more about finding a place to go. It is less about information and more about directions. It is your electric newspaper that morphs in real time to your interests via your input.
It will be for a select few however, as most folks won't get 2.6 - they will be stuck in 1.0, or 2.0.
Web 3.0 is on it's way. It's the fusion of 3D virtual reality with 3D real reality and you navigate and engage in it in ways that are only hinted at in virtual worlds like Second Life. But that is still a ways away.
In Web 2.6 only a few "get it." Microsoft doesn't. They are busy trying to copy Flash with Silverlight and there is no Flash in 2.6. Web 2.6 is distinctively retro codewise because the browser is limited to react to touch. It is simpler and easier to use. In fact 2.6 retains 2.0's focus on making things simpler and easier to deal with.
It won't be about shoving things down our throats but rather us choosing just what we want. Communication will be faster and less far. Web 2.6 will also focus on building infrastructure at the social and community level that prevents large companies from aggregating content and selecting what we can and can't see at high speed.
Web 2.6 represents a deeper integration of the WWW into IRL. I'll be blogging more about 2.6 (2point6) in the next few days.
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