We are writing a white paper on RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) and I thought it might be helpful to blog about it. This way, our blog visitors can read it, comment on it and add to it. This should help us understand your concerns about rich internet applications and respond to your questions. This can be an exercise in leveraging collective intelligence, one of the Web 2.0 patterns.
So, the first post is an overview about RIA:
The term was coined by Macromedia (now Adobe), when they introduced a major update to the Flash platform. The concept is to offer a Rich User Experience (RUE) that is beyond textual content and basic interface applications.
Tad Staley, Adobe Consulting said: “RIAs combine the reach of the Internet with a rich and compelling user interface that provides greater level of satisfaction and success in a user’s web-based interactions.” Initially RIAs were delivered mostly through browser plugins and extensions.
Rich Internet Applications
The term now encompasses a wide set of standards, frameworks and implementations.
RIA Components
RIAs, if well done, can offer users a more engaging experience.
What do you think of RIAs?
#1 by SaaS on January 11, 2011 - 7:00 pm
The more we venture into the RIA experience, the more ambiguous the meaning becomes. it is very difficult to define this term with the huge number of apps and platforms that are online and the confusion grows daily.