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March 24, 2007

RIA 2.0

RIA 1.0 was a no-show. The majority of desktop apps are still written in C++, with a vocal, rare, but increasing minority written in .Net, Java, et al. Most web apps are still written in PHP, Python, Java, Flash, Javascript et al. Yet RIA 2.0 is launching:

  • Joyent Slingshot: Ruby on Rails on the desktop
  • Adobe Apollo: Flash on the desktop
  • Mozilla Firefox 3: local datastores for offline content
  • Pramati Dekoh: Java apps on the desktop (started as a prank)

This re-branding of the original RIA vision seems to be focusing on the desktop and sometimes-connected offline scenarios.

And what of the RIA 1.0 wave?:

  • Mozilla XUL: Javascript + proprietary XUL markup
  • OpenLaszlo: Javascript + proprietary LZX markup
  • Microsoft WPF: .Net + proprietary XAML markup
  • Macromedia Central: Actionscript
  • Adobe Flex: Actionscript + proprietary MXML markup

And RIA 0.0?:

Posted by Devon at March 24, 2007 12:06 AM

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