Web for seniors now live
Web does not exclude anyone. While most web 2.0 sites/services are targeting the young, BigscreenLive brings a special service for senior citizens.
UI challenge of creating an interface for seniors is big. We had a great time working with BigScreenLive team in developing it. For developers on the project, putting themselves in the user’s shoe was [...]
Desktop Apps built like the web
I was heartned to find this early posting on Netwizard’s blog that points to the thinking behind Dekoh.
Writing applications using markup instead of platform-API-based code is so much more easier. Browser-based UI brings significant advantage of using combined teams with programmers (who generally can’t build great looking UI) and graphics and UI specialists (who can’t [...]
My interview at blog.Lifebeyondcode.com
Rajesh Setty has published my interview with him Behind the scenes - Dekoh; Interview with Vijay Pullur. I have talked about several topics like our history, why Dekoh?, how is it different from Adobe Apollo and Google gears, enterprise and SaaS ISV use cases for Dekoh etc. Thanks Rajesh for interviewing me and publishing [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Web 2.0 Expo, interactions were excellent
Today we ended the Web 2.0 Expo at San Francisco with a great feeling.
For Dekoh this show was an important milestone, the unveiling of the product to the public for the first time. We reached a thousand downloads on just the first day.
The feedback and interactions with a wide cross-section of people was very useful [...]
Dekoh announces public alpha at Web 2.0 Expo
Dekoh is starting public alpha program to get feedback from larger community.
We are very excited to show to people at the Web2.0 Expo (San Francisco) starting tomorrow. If you are at the show, drop by at booth number 330 for a demo or discussion with us.
Here is a quick look at the applications we will [...]
