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Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
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Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
ahem.. don't forget flex:http://labs.macromedia.com/flexproductline/
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The article intentionally does not mention any products. It proposes questions you should ask when evaluating products.Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
That's an interesting analysis. What I would also consider though apart from the functional requirements is widely understood environment where the application is to be deployed. Marc has touched this aspect when he mentioned an occasional user not willing to download additional components when he's visiting a website and may not come back again ever. That's an example of "random access" application which is also an extreme case. There is a full spectrum of scenarios where application is used from home computer but on a daily basis (stocks, e-banking, webmail) which ends with corporate intranet where application is used from centrally managed employe desktop machine.When we move from the "random access" case to the latter scenario, the initial deployment hassle becomes less and less important in comparison to maintainability. While the available browsers have reached the degree of maturity allowing such applications as GMail to appear, they will still require intensive testing and modifications with each browser version and library update.
For these reasons I believe Java still has an edge on Ajax in enterprise intranet environment although Ajax fits perfectly for easily-accessible yet functionally appealing applications for the masses.
Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
well, for those who haven't seen it, it looks to make flash more competitive for RIA:http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2005/12/04/anderson/
Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
Flash is a toy.Check out http://pointcast.com.
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Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
New Netflix interface is best use of Ajax I've seen. Click on stars to rate movie without page refresh. If you hover over a movie, a cartoon bubble appears with more info about the movie. You list of movies to rent can be reorganized with drag-and-drop.... user experience is very close to a GUI app.Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
I find this analysis very useful. I have come up with a list of java based RIA products/technologies:-AppProjector
-CanooULC
-Droplets
-RSWT
-Nexaweb
1.Can you please add on to this list?
2.Does anyone know any serious java based open source RIA product?
Re: Rich Internet Applications and AJAX - Selecting the best product
Flash based RIA demo w/ server push:for real-time stock quotes
http://www.icetechnology.com/scenarios/finance.shtml
for live sports scoreboard
http://www.icetechnology.com/scenarios/sports.shtml