Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Best Thick & Thin Rich Internet Apps
Rich Internet Apps: Best of Thick and Thin
By Michael Vizard
With the advent of the browser, many developers gave up trying to design rich clients in favor of a more standard user interface that was familiar to end users and ultimately less processor intensive on the client and in terms of bandwidth across the network.
As we enter 2008, an interesting phenomenon is taking place, in large part due to the frustration with comparatively simple browser interfaces coupled with excessive amounts of client horsepower and plenty of bandwidth. People are discovering you can create rich Internet applications that are still relatively thin compared with the rich applications typically associated with the desktop.
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By Michael Vizard
With the advent of the browser, many developers gave up trying to design rich clients in favor of a more standard user interface that was familiar to end users and ultimately less processor intensive on the client and in terms of bandwidth across the network.
As we enter 2008, an interesting phenomenon is taking place, in large part due to the frustration with comparatively simple browser interfaces coupled with excessive amounts of client horsepower and plenty of bandwidth. People are discovering you can create rich Internet applications that are still relatively thin compared with the rich applications typically associated with the desktop.
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