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Can Your Browser Do This? Adaptive Layout

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Recently I wrote that what makes RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) different from browser-native web applications isn’t rich functionality or rich content but rich design. Moreover I argued that only a player-based approach (effectively Flash/Flex or Silverlight/WPF) can provide the platform necessary to take web design to the next level.

As I expected, the feedback to the piece centred on the best way of blocking Flash content as it always does whenever I mention the technology. It’s hardly surprising as the first thing that comes to most people’s mind when you mention Flash is irritating banner ads specifically intended to distract you from reading the real content of the page – the absolute definition of bad design.

However in the context of a RIA, Flash/Flex is capable of so much more – producing an end user experience that the browser alone can never hope to match… (more…)

Tags: adaptive layout, air, browser, digital design, Flash, ria, times reader

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Silverlight 3 – First Thoughts

Friday, May 1st, 2009

If, like me, you didn’t make it to the MIX 09 jamboree you can always catch up via the videos posted over at visitmix.com - and you don’t have to go to Vegas. As expected, the major new announcement was the launch of a new Silverlight 3 runtime (though as a beta with no “go-live” licensing it’s only for developers).

Essentially Silverlight is designed to port Windows’ core WPF technology into a cross-platform browser-based player like Flash. So what will the new version offer?

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Can Your Browser Do This? Adaptive Layout

Silverlight 3 – First Thoughts

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