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Dekoh Photos screencast

I made my first attempt at recording a video! The demo shows Dekoh photos application features. This is a AJAX application running on the desktop. Some highlights:

Tagging, commenting, sharing features come as part of the platform, it is not coded in the photos application. Dekoh portal API and widgets are used to get this functionality [...]

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Architecture of a Desktop RIA platform

There are many pieces to the puzzle of building an integrated desktop and web application platform. Ted has interesting posting today on this and Ryan has also commented on it.

Here is my opinion on what the architecture of such a platform could be and approaches taken by Dekoh and Apollo (from Adobe).

1. Cross-OS base: Required [...]

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Dekoh a new platform for RIA on the desktop announced today

Press Release | San Jose, CA. | February 21, 2007.
Pramati announces Dekoh, a new desktop platform for applications that can deliver integrated experience of web and desktop
Out-of-the-box the platform provides web 2.0 features like tagging, sharing and commenting features. Soon to follow the release will be Dekoh personal media applications.
Pramati Technologies today announces its plan [...]

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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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Branded Desktop Application! Coming soon to a desktop near you

Branded Desktop Applications provide valuable information, entertainment and functionality to users; but more importantly, a great marketing tool for marketers looking beyond websites. Is it about doing more on the desktop or a landgrab of our desktop?

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