Comments on: Rich Application Architecture Roundup

By: Holdtimer

Holdtimer — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:02:23 +0000

Good write-up. Still a bit curious about these hosted services, regarding privacy matters. Imagine what happens if all data fall into the wrong people’s hands. Spreading risks is better if you ask me…

By: cardio-vascular.cn

cardio-vascular.cn — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:07:21 +0000

Good article.Thanks for the write-up.

By: Stevan Majstorovic

Stevan Majstorovic — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:51:24 +0000

Here is the graph about RIA desktop (internet desktop, browserless web) roots and hystory.

translated terms from the graph are: (vreme = time; prvi web = very first web; funkcionalnosti = functionalities)

I talked about it on local seminars here in Serbia.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:24:34 +0000

@Tim Thank you for the link to the video—lots of interesting information re: Gears which is as far as I’m concerned, probably at the top of the heap just because it has Google backing it and seems to be a fair bit leaner than other options. The other thing I see is that for the most part until we do have a real standard/killer application emerge, the above technologies will remain confined to very specific (and most likely internal) applications…

By: asd

asd — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:03:38 +0000

Everyone needs a hug.

By: Morgan Roderick

Morgan Roderick — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:22:36 +0000

How can "not confined to the browser" be a pro for one platform, and "sandboxed data" be a pro for another platform?

I haven't worked with any of the platforms, and don't really see huge benefits for using either of them, over current browser offerings, for most uses. Fluidapp / Prism can easily serve most of the needs of users.

By: Tim Sabat

Tim Sabat — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:39:23 +0000

@Matthew, I'm for web standards. However, the options I've presented here are meant to assist people who need a solution today. I feel plugins like Gears and Silverlight help bridge the gap between now the years it takes for widespread adoption of a web standard. Listen in around 31:42 in this video describing Google Gears' new API. Chris Prince addresses this question.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:00:49 +0000

As I recall in the latest developer builds of Safari there is now support HTML5 abd offline sql databases… I’m thinking when HTML5 is universally supported we won’t have to look further than standard HTML/Javascript for building robust offline web applications. Besides, do you really want to tie your application to a proprietary plugin that can be changed on the whim of a corporation..?

By: Sylvain Filteau

Sylvain Filteau — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:25:08 +0000

You haven't talked about Mozilla XULRunner

Flickr use it for it's Uploadr (08/04/16/flickr-uploadr-start-to-finish-now/)

By: JohnO

JohnO — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:57:29 +0000

Seems like XUL should be on this list? (XML + Javascript)