Rich Internet Application

The big buzz in our office today is swirling around Google’s work with HTML 5 and a centerpiece application smartly named Google Wave. Announced at their I/O conference keynote, Google Wave is email with a monster social-media makeover. Think true real-time online conversations through a combination of email and instant messaging, but that doesn’t do it justice. Every day we see new technology ideas with varying levels of “wow factor,” but only occasionally do we get something that is revolutionary. The significance of Google Wave is up there with the shift from DOS to Windows.

Two of the giants in RIA, Microsoft and Adobe, had major releases over the past 2 weeks: Adobe Flash Player 10 and Microsoft Silverlight 2. Microsoft is promoting some recent worldwide usage results stating that one in four consumers have installed Silverlight. Compare this to over 95% adoption of Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft [...]

Who is not watching the Olympics? Want to see real time videos and playback some great moments?  NBC Olympics is the central media hub for all of the latest news, schedule, scores, images and video. The site is also a great way to see Adobe and Microsoft RIA technologies playing together in the sandbox!  On the home page [...]

Archaeologists have surmised that it took mankind thousands of years to master fire.  Compare that with today’s technology tools, which have a lifespan that is somewhere around one to five years – okay, there are a few programming-language dinosaurs that have hung around a while (COBOL anyone?). Well, after more than three years, RIAs (Rich [...]

Not certain if it was the great lunch or the topic but the Digital Publishing Conference presentation was very well attended by over half the participants of the entire conference.  Judging by the feedback after the conference it was the topic that had people excited. Less than 10% of the audience knew about RIA and [...]

RIA’s have been popping regularly since the beginning of the year on more and more sites. I have found that most RIA segment into the following categories: Rich Media, Product Selection, Visual Search, Widget Builders and Forms & Data Visualizers. Since the release of Silverlight 2.0 (BETA) and Adobe Flex 3.0, designers and engineers have [...]

Being in the sales field, social network theory plays a significant role in how I interact and connect with other professionals.  With the emergence and evolution of social media sites, we use many networking tools today to connect with others:  LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.  And, I often find myself asking this question:  What is the right [...]