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The 'isms' of the Desktop/Browser war and why the web community should engage the desktop more

Simon Morris puts an interesting spin on the evolving world of Rich Internet Applications by giving us all some 'isms' to subscribe to as we try to find the path of light in a world that is constantly changing and being influenced by many, many different parties that all have...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Rich Internet Applications make big splash on PCWorld's top 25 sites to watch

It looks like PCWorld thinks Rich Internet Applications RIAs are going to be a big thing to watch this year because their list of the Top 25 sites to watch has a few recognizable names. The first is Popfly, Microsoft's mashup creator that is targeted at geeks and average users...

Tags: Silverlight, Rich Media, Goowy, Flex, Flash

Blog posts 2007-06-18

Demo of Silverlight on Linux and running outside the browser coming in June

My parnter in crime here at ZDNet, Dana Gardner, has the scoop on news that the Mono Project will be releasing an alpha demonstration of Silverlight, Microsoft's browser Rich Internet Application technology, running on Linux. The demo, according to Miguel de Icaza, could actually have Silverlight running outside the browser...

Tags: Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, Linux

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs sound excited about Rich Internet Applications

I didn't have a chance to watch all of the video from the D conference but I was pointed to part of the discussion in which Bill and Steve talk about software and I came away with the impression that both men were very excited about what the blending of...

Tags: Rich Media, Rich Internet Applications, Experience

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Confusion, fear and doubt around Rich Internet Applications

There is a post up over on Read/Write Web which aims to paint a picture of Rich Internet Applications and poses the question, RIA: What is it good for? Unfortunately I think they miss the mark a bit with both the definition of RIAs and the analysis behind the technologies....

Tags: WPF, Silverlight, Rich Media, Flash, Apollo, Ajax

Blog posts 2007-06-01

Getting the idea of Apollo across

Richard MacManus over at Read/WriteWeb has a good overview of Apollo that may help some people who still dont quite get the technology. I think of the problems you have when you release a product like Apollo so early is that its difficult to get the message across. Richard breaks...

Tags: Apollo, Adobe, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2007-05-14

Yahoo goes Rich Internet Application for its browser messenger

Today Yahoo released a web based version of its messenger which was built using Adobes Flex 2 on top of Flash Player 9. The application is very well done and I thought it was more than competitive with Meebo. Its also fast, intuitive and stable, things a lot of people...

Tags: Yahoo, Rich Internet Applications, Flex, Flash, Apollo

Blog posts 2007-05-03

My lunch with Ray Ozzie and Scott Guthrie

Jeff Sandquist of Microsoft set up a lunch for a few of us with Scott Guthrie and Ray Ozzie here at Mix07. It was a great group of people including Richard MacManus his thoughts on the lunch are up here, Walt Ritscher, Lee Brimelow, Evan Williams, Linda Weinman, and...

Tags: Microsoft, Mix07, Rich Internet Applications

Blog posts 2007-04-30

The how and when of Adobe and Microsoft's Rich Internet Application technologies

Now that Silverlight is being talked about, people seem to be comparing Apollo and Silverlight in the same posts. I think this stems from the fact that both are still alpha/beta and that the two technologies "cross the streams" into the other companies territory. For that they are significant, but...

Tags: Windows Presentation Foundation, Expression Studio, Apollo, Ajax, Adobe, XBAP, WPF, Silverlight, Rich Internet Applications, On2, Microsoft, Flex, Flash

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Why Rich Internet Applications are important for the browser

At Ignite Seattle this evening I hung out with Ted Leung for a while and we chatted about Rich Internet Applications RIAs. Coming from the open source world, he always has a very interesting take on the RIA world and I always learn a ton from him. In this case,...

Tags: XULRunner, XUL, WPF, Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere, WFP/E, Windows Presentation Foundation, Rich Internet Applications, Flash, Experience, Dekoh

Blog posts 2007-04-06

Desktop vs. Browser - when to deploy applications for each

Since I talk so much about browser applications versus desktop applications, I thought it would be a good idea to blog about some thoughts I have regarding when to choose one delivery mechanism or the other. In a lot of ways, it isnt even a matter of richness anymore. Most...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Experience

Blog posts 2007-04-02

WPF and proving the importance of experience

Anyone who has read my blog knows I have a pretty negative attitude towards browser based applications. With technologies like Flash and "WPF/E" were able to create some great in-browser experiences, but there is still something lacking. But its often difficult to get people to buy into the need for...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Microsoft, Experience, Windows Presentation Foundation, .NET 3.0, WPF

Blog posts 2007-02-21

User Experience, Rich Internet Applications and the future of software

I had a great conversation tonight with a group of people including Mark Piller of Midnight Coders that helped me bring together my thoughts on how software should look down the road. One of the things I constantly wrestle with is where desktop apps fit into the RIA world and...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Experience, Rich Media, Design, Devigner Workflow, Web browser

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Wall Street Journal: Flash is coming to the iPhone

Kendall Whitehouse of the Wharton School pointed me to an article in the Wall Street Journal article today that talked about the lack of adoption by mobile users in browsing the web (the link is behind the Wall Street Journal pay vault but its titled Browsing Barriers: Consumers can use...

Tags: Rich Internet Applications, Adobe, Flash, iPhone, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2007-01-29

Usability on the web is a sham

Grab your lighters people, because this may get me some flames, but it is something thats been on my mind for a while and the past couple of weeks have shown just how important experience is and how badly the traditional web does it. Humans have always been emotional creatures....

Tags: Web, Web browser

Blog posts 2006-12-13

Don't try to do interactive graphics with Ajax

One of the things that I think really differentiates Rich Internet Applications from traditional, Ajax-based web applications is that RIAs provide a level of interaction that Ajax just cant. Right now, because everyone is used to the browser model, were okay with making our text-heavy applications interactive. That seems very...

Tags: AJAX

Blog posts 2006-10-04

Additional Resources

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)

Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-12

Tim Bray on surviving the tough times

Image via WikipediaTim Bray, director of web technologies at Sun Microsystems gave what I believe to be the most practical advice I've heard so far for those in startups looking forward. Speaking at FOWA, Tim's blunt view is that we are headed for tough times but that should not blind...

Tags: Personal Technology, Tim Bray, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-11

IBM signs up new client for sustainability consulting

A financial investment firm from Boston, Jantz Morgan, is turning to IBM's green consulting services arm (aka IBM's business strategy consulting practice) to help it integrate the idea of sustainability into its corporate operations. The focus will go beyond the company's impact on the environment; it will...

Tags: Sustainability, Consulting Service, Consulting, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-11

Live Services as Microsoft's consumer Web platform

Live Services as Microsoft's consumer Web platformRe: Wrong Live Services Jumpstart LinkThe Live Services Jumpstart 2009 link is wrong. The right one is http://www.lpjumpstart.comJumpstart link is fixed now in the postthanks! Mary Jo

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-10