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A rich Internet application (RIA) is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered by way of a site-specific browser, a browser plug-in, an independent sandbox, extensive use of JavaScript, or a virtual machine.

A rich Internet application (RIA) is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered by way of a site-specific browser, a browser plug-in (such as or ), an independent sandbox, extensive use of JavaScript, or a virtual machine.

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Can Google O3D be used as a Rich Internet Application framework?

Although it's pegged as a 3D graphics framework for the browser, could Google O3D be used as an RIA framework similar to GWT, Flex or Rails?
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What are some alternatives to Java Web Start for executing outside of the browser sandbox?

I'm looking for a method to deliver my thick client software to intranet users through a browser. Ideally, the user could click a single button on the page, and something local to the machine would execute the software (similar to how Java Web Start…
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Applying authorization and security to RIA's

I'm thinking about creating an RIA version of a traditional web application. In a traditional web app, most of the code is on the server, obviously, out of touch of the client. There I would have, at very least, conditional code to check if the…
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Designing Adobe AIR applications - Which Usability Guidelines to follow?

Adobe AIR has enabled us push the boundary for creating Rich Internet Applications(RIA) outside the browser fence. Some companies have differentiated such applications as Rich Desktop Application (RDA). We have usability guidelines for Web, Desktop…
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Help me understand this UI jargon

From an interview with Peldi Guilizzoni, the creator of Balsamiq--an Adobe AIR application for creating mockups: And then you started working on the first version Balsamiq Mockups. Was there any hurdles in the development process? Ha! There's…
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Deploy python application

I am developing an application for managers that might be used in a large organisation. The app is improved and extended step by step on a frequent (irregular) basis. The app will have SQL connections to several databases and has a complex GUI. What…
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I hate AJAX, what is the alternative

I really love AJAX, but sometimes this javascript/HTML/CSS combination makes me crazy. What alternative I have to create a rich engaging web administration panel (web application)? I tried Adobe Flex, it seams cool, but its complexity is not to be…
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facebook chatbox persistence

As with facebook chatbox, when you turn to other facebook page while chatting, your page gets reloaded but chat window maintains state without reloading. How do they manage this?
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Which is the best 3-column 100% width pure CSS layout framework?

We're starting new project and we need 100% width (100% height is a bonus :)), 3 column, pure CSS layout for business RIA. We checked out YAML, YUI, Blueprint and couple of others but seems that none offers or guarantees 100% compatibility with all…
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C++ framework for separating UI design from business logic

Is there a c++ framework for building rich desktop applications? Essentially the important feature I'm looking for similar to Flex4 MXML to separate the visual presentation and application logic into xml. Does Qt4, for example, allow the visual…
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Looking for recommnedation on JavaScript libraries in the leage of ExtJS and Qooxdoo for serious web application

I'm looking for a JavaScript library for my web application. The application is very data intensive and has rich form controls (almost windows like). AJAX will be used liberally. The development platform is ASP.Net (mostly ASP.Net MVC will be…
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Is 30 calls / second a lot for one IIS server?

We have a RIA application that 300 clients concurrently use in an intranet environment. Together they make 30 calls / second to IIS (asp.net) (actually it's 60 but calls are loadbalanced over two IIS servers). Half of the calls is getting an asset…
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How to design single page application in javascript to work in environment mode?

I'm developing single page application in javascript and consume data from RESTful web service. I host it on simple lighttpd web server. I want to have different url for consuming data by environment like development mode points to my local web…
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what is application server? What are Rich Internet Applications?

I'm from a PHP background. All I know is that web server handles the http request PHP interpreter that is embedded into web server compiles the PHP script The result of above will be HTML, which is returned to client again by the webserver. Now, I…
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Best technology option for implementing RIA with Rails as the backend?

I'm working on a application that requires a feature-rich media view, including images, videos, and smooth sequencing based on capture time. The backend is currently written in Rails. What's currently the best, most mature option for implementing…
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