Archive for January, 2007

Roads to RIA

RIA applications can be ‘Rich’ in many ways. In my previous post Rich Internet Application (RIA) should be cross-platform, I had touched upon one common aspect of RIA (the user experience), while talking about the definition of RIA.

RIA applications can be “Rich” in:

Experience
Functionality, and
Access

Experience. Adding ‘Rich Interface’ to web hosted apps was the origin of [...]

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Proto.in, a DEMO conference in India?

Nice to see an event like PROTO come up in INdia, showcasing new products, technologies and companies to a selected gathering. This is on the lines of Demo.com event, the launchpad for emerging technologies. Right time for creating platform for showcasing innovation, in this fast growing Indian software industry.I see PodTech as sponsor, so a [...]

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Rich Internet Application (RIA) should be cross-platform

Ryan Stewart made a recent posting with similar title, with a question in it … Should Rich Internet Applications be cross platform by definition?

RIA combine the best of desktop and web. As Web does not exclude anyone, RIA automatically should be cross-platform. How else would we distinguish a RIA from a platform native application [...]

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