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The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing it

There's a long and mostly good article about various RIA technologies over at eWeek. I say mostly good because the author, Jim Rapoza, gives a pretty unbiased view of a lot of technologies. It's a rundown that we the entire space needs more of and that I don't feel qualified...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Silverlight, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Prism, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-18

Mozilla Prism for Mac and Linux released

Mozilla Prism for Mac and Linux releasedAs far as I can see...It's pretty much a refined version of WebRunner(running on Linux, btw). The easy setup dialog is a welcome feature, but I'm definitely looking forward to those roadmap ideas implemented.

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, PRISM, Linux, Mozilla Corp., Apple Macintosh, setup dialog

Discussion threads 2007-11-04

Additional Resources

Could Google's Chrome be death blow to Firefox?

No doubt, Google's forthcoming open source browser -- known as Chrome -- is going to challenge other open source browsers, most notably Firefox. It could be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has amassed and taken roughly 18 percent of browser market share away from Internet Explorer in a short...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Application, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Chrome, V8 Javascript Virtual Machine, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Google Chrome, the security tidbits

The oft-rumored Google browser is real. It's called Google Chrome and it comes with a handful of security-related features like privacy mode and blacklist-based blocking of phishing and malware sites. [ PREVIOUSLY: Google hires browser hacking guru ] A beta version of the...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Dennis Fisher, Web Browsers, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-01

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlus

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlusWebtop ConvergenceSeems as though we're not moving toward hybrid applications as much as we're moving into hybrid environment/ecosystems/frameworks that let us design, develop, and integrate our online/offline experiences.Answer 1/2Ryan as an Adobe employee you don't have to comment on my.. comment and I have to admin...

Tags: Yahoo BrowserPlus, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR, Fit Client, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlus

There have been small bits of information trickling out about Yahoo's BrowserPlus, but today in a blog posting on the Yahoo Developer Network we got some more information about what Yahoo's planning and it's a good development for RIAs. In their own words, Yahoo is building a platform to extend...

Tags: Web, Google Gears, Yahoo! Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Mozilla Prism 0.9 (Windows)

Prism is a simple XULRunner based browser that hosts web applications without the normal web browser user interface. Prism is based on a concept called Site Specific Browsers SSB. An SSB is an application with an embedded browser designed to work exclusively with a single web application. It doesn�t have...

Tags: Web Application, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Prism, Site Specific Browsers, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2008-05-28

Dear desktop, welcome back

Dear desktop, How are you doing? Are you still hanging in there? It's been tough, I know. People have talked about you being dead for a while but you don't listen, you just keep moving along. I'll admit, there were some dark times for you. It seemed...

Tags: Desktop Application, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Apple's RIA platform - Safari 3.1

This just gets more and more interesting. Apple just rolled out Safari 3.1 and by all accounts it's fast, it's good, and it's basically an RIA platform complete with video and animation support and offline storage. There are a lot of other things that go into plugins like Silverlight and...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Safari, Rich Internet Application, Apple Inc., Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-03-18

RIA wars heat up with arrival of Adobe's AIR and Flex

In the world of Rich Internet Applications RIAs, the battle for hearts and minds -- not to mention eyeballs and desktops -- heated up this week when Adobe Systems took the wraps off its Adobe Integrated Runtime AIR. Adobe AIR, according to the buzz on the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Application, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Workday, Flex 3.0, Human Resource Management (HRM), Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?how abouta better default SPAM filter? The "junk" mail feature of T-Bird currently isn't as user-friendly nor a trainable as free plug-ins that can be found for Outlook.Windows live mail is my choiceIt is more nimble than thunderbird and has friendlier...

Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Messaging unit, Mozilla Messaging, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktop

Zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktopprism bookmarkletthis IS cool to see. I noticed that many people have tried prism+zimbra or gmail and other web email systems. I personally use gmail+grouphub inside of Prism everyday. I mostly leave the grouphub campfire...

Tags: Web browsers, PRISM, prism, Zimbra, rich Internet application, desktop, Use Case

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

Zimbra's Prism client - a great use case for RIAs on the desktop

Matt Asay loves the new Zimbra Desktop client. They're using Prism as the desktop client, the project from Mozilla labs that came out of Mozilla's WebRunner. It's great to see people like Matt get the need for desktop applications. More and more I think people are realizing that they just...

Tags: Desktop Client, Use Case, Zimbra, Rich Internet Application, Web Browser, Matt Asay, Desktops, E-mail, Hardware, Online Communications, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-02-14

Rich Internet application predictions for 2008

2007 was a great year for rich Internet applications. The combination of Microsoft and Adobe in the space took it to the next level. More bloggers started talking about it and the definition of what an RIA even started to expand with things like AIR and Prism bringing RIAs to...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., AJAX, Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Apple Inc., AIR, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-01-10

Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR

Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIRprism bookmarklet as comparisonthanks for the reference to Dion Almaer's work. it's interesting to me because not long ago, i tossed together an experimental mozilla prism bookmarklet to generate desktop webapps on--the-fly (http://prismspectrum.com/bookmarklet). i do believe adobe air and similar projects...

Tags: XML, PRISM, Google Gears, Mozilla Corp., prism, wrapper, Google Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe AIR

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Google Gears next steps closer to Prism, Adobe AIR

Dion Almaer has a post over on his blog about what some of the future Google Gears APIs might look like. This one specifically is about creating desktop shortcuts. It's important to note that this is very, very early so this API is indicative of where Google Gears is going...

Tags: Desktop, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Web, Google Gears, Adobe AIR, Web Browser, Prism, Dion Almaer, Dion, Web Browsers, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-12-20

Why build desktop applications? Because no one has heard of your browser application

Why build desktop applications? Because no one has heard of your browser applicationD'oh!Ever think it's because some things just don't fit on the web? Like maybe I don't want a "web-based office"? I'm willing to put money down that your source is wrong about their numbers...if only they'd...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, desktop, Web

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

GooPackage 0.1 (Windows)

Powered by Mozilla Prism and utilizing such tools as Wget and Google-created tools such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Reader, Google Notebook, and Google Pages. Modeled after package managers like apt. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Min Software, Productivity, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-13

News to know: Google mobile; Microsoft Sync; Mozilla Prism; Yahoo Kickstart

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google’s big mobile splash: Handicapping the winners and losers. Computerworld: Google to unveil mobile platform; target: iPhone? News.com: Google to unveil Android phone software. Photos: Vintage Computer Festival right. Mary Jo Foley: Windows Live Calendar to...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Google OpenSocial, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Fuel Cells, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies

Blog posts 2007-11-05

Mozilla Prism for Mac and Linux released

I'm catching up on my feeds today and noticed that Mark Finkle posted that Mozilla has released Prism for both Mac and Linux. In addition, they released a refreshed version of the Windows version with some bug fixes. The main post on labs also points to some...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Web Application, Adobe AIR, Mozilla Corp., Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-11-04