Archive for May, 2007
Google gears - offline web applications
Google has today announced Google gears. It allows web applications to work offline. Google gears is a browser extension that can be downloaded and installed. It exposes Javascript classes which can be invoked by web applications to provide offline functionality.
While it appears cool at first look, it needs to be analyzed in detail. Here are [...]
Examples of 2 RIA approaches
Here are 2 examples of Rich Internet Applications:
eBay San Dimas Project: Provides offline functionality for eBay. Can create desktop alerts for eBay bids. Written using Adobe Apollo platform.
Dekoh Calendar: Is a desktop counterpart to Google Calendar. Allows creating desktop reminders and audio alerts for Google calendar events. Works offline and syncs events next time connected. [...]
Think before you move all your data online
I am not referring to privacy concerns or worries about what kind of analytics and user behaviour information social networking websites extract from your data and interactions on their site.
This month there has been several events that has occurred on some popular photo, music sharing websites. Recent one being Zoomr is down for a week. [...]
No need to go beyond the browser
Rich Internet Applications bring a new dimension of richness to web applications. While there are some who are skeptical about RIA value for end users there are others who believe that it is the Future Direction of Applications.
While most people agree that browser is a universal client and in a comparison of Ajax vs RIA [...]
RIA - is it “Rich Interface Application”?
Stephen O’Grady of Redmonk has written this good post Too Rich For My Taste: The RIA Q&A questioning the value of Rich Internet Applications to end users. Some of the observations are very accurate. Two of them related to Internet Applications are very important:
1. We spend more time using browser based applications than thick-client desktop applications (exceptions are developers). Browsers [...]
JavaFX opens more options for Java developers
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced at JavaOne a new product called JavaFX. In simple technical terms JavaFX is a easy to use scripting language for writing Swing and Java2D applications. Writing Swing based applications is considered complex by most developers and JavaFX should make it simpler.
With JavaFX coming up now there are more options for [...]
Java-driven Rich Internet Applications
Rich Internet Applications (RIA) is catching on very well. It is easy to appreciate the need to have an integrated desktop - web experience for all the good things such applications can bring.
However, in building RIA, two things from the web development experience become important:
Being cross-platform and not to exclude anyone (as the web does [...]
