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The guys at 30 Second Rule create a Web 2.0 Validator at their spare time. It's created with Og/Nitro in 30 minutes! Now it seem pretty reasonable to judge Web Two-Ooh sites by whether they're using some rapid development tools like RubyOnRails. Ha ha.. Not really. But this is a fun validator to play with.

I type in delicious and it got only 7 out of 42 rules (note: the rules are set by users, Web 2.0 is users-oriented, remember?). The following is the current set rules:

1. Is in public beta?
2. Uses inline AJAX ?
3. Uses python?
4. Uses the prefix "meta" or "micro"?
5. Is Shadows-aware ?
6. Uses Google Maps API?
7. Refers to mash-ups ?
8. Has favicon ?
9. Mentions startup ?
10. Attempts to be XHTML Strict ?
11. Uses Cascading Style Sheets?
12. Appears to be web 3.0 ?
13. Mentions Less is More ?
14. Refers to the Web 2.0 Validator's ruleset ?
15. Mentions Dave Legg ?
16. Appears to use AJAX ?
17. Appears to be built using Ruby on Rails ?
18. Makes reference to Technorati ?
19. Refers to VCs ?
20. Refers to Flickr ?
21. Mentions Nitro ?
22. Links Slashdot and Digg ?
23. Mentions Ruby?
24. Mentions Cool Words ?
25. Appears to use MonoRail ?
26. Has prototype.js ?
27. Creative Commons license ?
28. Uses Semantic Markup?
29. Refers to web2.0validator ?
30. Refers to del.icio.us ?
31. Uses microformats ?
32. Refers to Rocketboom ?
33. Actually mentions Web 2.0 ?
34. Use Catalyst ?
35. Mentions RDF and the Semantic Web?
36. References Firefox?
37. Appears to over-punctuate ?
38. References isometric.sixsided.org?
39. Validates as XHTML 1.1 ?
40. Mentions 30 Second Rule and Web 2.0 ?
41. Uses the "blink" tag?
42. Appears to have Adsense ?

I wonder what's the "Cool Words" in rule 24, thought there would have rule on "support REST URL", but no. Anyway, enjoy the story behind the development, have fun playing with it.