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JavaFX's day in the Sun: Dan Farber has some information about JavaFX from the JavaOne keynote today. It sounds like it wasn't a great day for demos but that we're starting to get a better picture of JavaFX and what the plans are. Michael Coté has some additional information about Sun's plans around Java as...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Rich Internet Application, JavaOne, JavaFX, Dan Farber, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Tibco planning to use Silverlight: Tibco Software is planning to support Silverlight according to an announcement at TUCON, the Tibco User Conference, in San Francisco today. The guts of the announcement mean that Tibco will use Silverlight where customers require audio, video, or other rich user experience elements where Ajax can't be used. I'm not...; Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Dojo, AJAX, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National Convention: Yesterday Microsoft became the "official software and HD web content provider" for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. I'm not entirely sure what the software part entails, but the HD web content provider means that we'll be seeing a lot of Silverlight content coming out of the DNC. In fact, Silverlight...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Content Provider, Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., Democratic National Convention, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-29
MarketSMS (1): Fast and correct information is worth of gold when we need it so bad. That is something we all expect in these 21st century days. Following that kind of thoughts, Market SMS is built. Retrieve information's from a database, depending on user inputs. Great for big companies, or small markets...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, RIA Software; Software downloads 2008-04-25
RIA-related talks and companies at Web 2.0 Expo: I'm going to be heading down to Web 2.0 Expo tomorrow and in looking at the schedule I'm really excited about the presence and sponsorships of several important RIA companies. I'll first start with the talks you should be keeping an eye on and then go down the list of...; Tags: Web, Rich Internet Application, Web 2.0, Internet, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-21

The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing it: The ever-changing definition of RIAs and how people are killing itSilverlight is NOT a rich internet application platform, it is a richproprietary application platform. The key is the word "Internet" which implies that it is cross platform and based on standards.Browser integrationI'm not impressed by the "browser RIA" distinction. ...; Tags: Web browsers, rich Internet application, Web browser, ever-changing definition; Discussion threads 2008-04-18
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
BlueMarket Pro (3): BlueMarket is the new mobile marketing media channel will enable companies or brands to reach their specific target audience and offer a one-to-one interactive communication. It also provides the opportunity to build a closer relationship to the potential consumer, where an on-going permission based communication is possible through the individual's...; Tags: Multimedia, Mobile, Rich Internet Application, Mobile Marketing, RIA Software, BlueMarket, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Software downloads 2008-04-08
JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter": JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter"JavaFX 3-4 times faster than Flex?This Sun fella posts some benchmarks where JavaFX is already 3-4 times faster than Flex: http://weblogs.java.net/blog/joshy/archive/2008/04/at_the_speed_of.htmlI think this must be because JavaFX uses hardware accelerated graphics, and the Flash Player doesn't (only for full-screen video,...; Tags: JavaFX, graphics, Macromedia Flash Player; Discussion threads 2008-04-06
JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter": I've been really bad about keeping up with the news lately because we're in Europe with the on AIR tour but during our RIA Weekly podcast, Coté mentioned an article by Paul Krill which indicated that JavaFX is going to be releasing a preview version at the Java One conference...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, JavaFX, Podcasts, Programming Languages, Java, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-06
AIR Twitter client Twhirl gets bought by Seesmic: I think this is the first case of an AIR application being acquired so it's a pretty cool day for RIAs on the desktop. Twhirl has been gaining a ton of momentum because it's so well designed and I think it shows off why RIAs on the desktop are going...; Tags: Desktop, Web, API, Rich Internet Application, Twitter, Twhirl, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Adobe brings AIR RIA tool to Linux: It's nice to see Adobe becoming more Linux friendly than ever. As Novell's Mono project works on a port of Microsoft's Silverlight to Linux, Adobe announced that it has made available (in English only) the pre-release alpha version of AIR (Adobe Integrated Run-Time) for Linux on Adobe...; Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Rich Internet Application, Tool, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-30
RIA Weekly #11 - Wavemaker, Silverlight, Prism, and more: Coté just published our 11th RIA Weekly podcast and in this one we invited the CEO of WaveMaker, Chris Keene, to come talk with us about Ajax and general RIA technologies. We also get into some of the Scott Guthrie interview and the latest news with Prism. ...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Rich Internet Application, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Does the iPhone count as a "desktop"?: Does the iPhone count as a "desktop"?I'm not too sure about that...It's obviously not a "desktop" in the physical sense of a form factor of computer.Additionally, with the emphasis on mobile connectivity and web applications, I'm not sure it's really a "desktop" in the virtual workspace sense either. Even with...; Tags: Desktops, INTERNET, Apple iPhone, desktop, rich Internet application, iPhone count; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
BEA, Adobe flex their muscles in pushing toward RIAs on the enterprise desktop: BEA, Adobe flex their muscles in pushing toward RIAs on the enterprise desktopNo one needs RIA standards!I agree on RIA being a key for application delivery in the future.But no one needs standards for that. What for? Standards are too slow and prohibit innovation.If you are looking for professional business...; Tags: rich Internet application, Adobe Systems Inc., BEA Systems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-23
SlideRocket - the king of presentation applications - raises $2 million in funding: Update: Sorry about the link. Fixed. SlideRocket (Screenshots) is on the short list of my favorite Flex applications and it sounds like TechCrunch is pretty impressed. I've been following SlideRocket's development since almost the beginning and I'm a huge fan of what founder Mitch Grasso has been...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, SlideRocket, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-03-19
Apple's RIA platform - Safari 3.1: Apple's RIA platform - Safari 3.1A lot of this is open sourcesee www.webkit.orgOthers can use the Apple tech if they choose.RE: Apple's RIA platform - Safari 3.1Yup, and Adobe AIR is built using WebKit which I should have mentioned. I'm not sure how much we're incorporating, but in theory this...; Tags: Corporate communications, Apple Inc., RIA Platform, Safari 3.1, rich Internet application, WebKit, Apple Safari, video; Discussion threads 2008-03-18
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 News Day - iPhone SDK, JavaFX on Blu-Ray: While the RIA digerati are here at MIX there's a lot of other stuff going on in the world of rich Internet applications. The iPhone SDK was releasedY and it looks like Apple is making one heck of a platform play. The apps that they showed off look really cool...; Tags: Apple iPhone, SDK, Rich Internet Application, Blu-ray, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-03-06
Needed: Platforms that support rich Internet applications + SOA: We've been watching the Web 2.0 and SOA worlds grow increasingly closer together, and, more than anywhere else, the point where they meet is in front end applications, such as mashups and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs). In a new article, Nolan Wright puts forth the formula for...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, SOA, Nolan Wright, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-03-06