Om Malik is the latest to notice the increasing number of "hybrid" technologies that are bridging the desktop and the web. Mike Arrington of TechCrunch was the first to give a good rundown of the ...
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 ...
Rich Internet applications (RIA) are Web-based applications that have some characteristics of graphical desktop applications. Built with powerful development tools, RIAs can run faster and be more ...
The open-source WebKit HTML rendering engine is rapidly gaining ground on the Linux platform where it is increasingly being adopted by conventional desktop applications for content display. Ongoing ...
Finding a single development environment for all purposes has so far proven an unattainable goal. But with the advent of rich Internet applications (RIA), development nirvana gets a bit closer. In the ...
With its new JavaFX technology for rich Internet applications, Sun Microsystems hopes to leverage the strength of the Java development base and Java’s ubiquitous presence on devices to make a strong ...
July 3, 2006—Looking to increase adoption of its Flex rich Internet application development technology, Adobe Systems is releasing its Flex 2 product line, which features free versions and the ability ...
Photo and video storage and sharing service Phanfare has offered a downloadable desktop client for Windows and Mac since early 2005. It’s an impressive tool – but the company found that people wanted ...