Chapter 8. Rich Internet Applications
Introduction
As discussed in Chapter 1, Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) can deliver responsiveness and interactivity comparable to desktop applications. With RIAs, the interaction seems continuous and dynamic because users do not have to wait for pages to refresh for basic data and layout updates and can immediately see the results of their actions.
Perhaps the earliest rich interaction in web applications was RICH-TEXT EDITORS, which enabled users to include formatted text on web pages without knowing the underlying HTML (HyperText Markup Language). With the advent of technologies such as Flash and Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), richer interactions have become possible because they allow communications ...
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