re: Web 2.0 being out of style, perhaps some of the trendy things like gradients, etc. may have fallen out of fashion, but, IMO, simple interfaces will never fall out of fashion.
For the last ten years, I've programmed user interfaces for folks with high school educations to run complex chemical plants and refineries, and I've seen that an easy-to-understand interface has at least as much importance as the algorithms that underly the interface.
For the last ten years, I've programmed user interfaces for folks with high school educations to run complex chemical plants and refineries, and I've seen that an easy-to-understand interface has at least as much importance as the algorithms that underly the interface.