Ryan Stewart, 01.08.2007: Next Generation RIAs and the $700 Million Flash Aquisition

Ryan Stewart, 01.08.2007: Next Generation RIAs and the $700 Million Flash Aquisition
by Ryan Stewart: "I hadn't realized that Club Penguin, the massive multiplayer online game that was acquired today by Disney, was done almost entirely in Flash. Club Penguin is targeted at the 6-14 year old demographic and it seems to be very well done."

Tags: ria, business, flash, trend, games

Ryan Stewart, 15.05.2007: Cairo Mozilla’s "Answer" to Flash?

Ryan Stewart, 15.05.2007: Cairo Mozilla’s "Answer" to Flash?
by Jeremy: "Mozilla is actually using Cairo as their new graphic composition engine. Cairo is going to allow them to have smoother font rendering, better image scaling (and page scaling), improved svg support and the ability to support more of the CSS3 specs."

Tags: mozilla, graphics, ui, webdev, adobe, flash, apollo, ria

TechCrunch, 01.05.2007: Why Silverlight Is Important

Why Silverlight Is Important
by Michael Arrington: "The announcements around Microsoft’s new Silverlight platform yesterday were important to anyone who is thinking about where the web will evolve."

Tags: microsoft, silverlight, ria, flash, webdev

Read/Write Web, 28.02.2006: Adobe Engage - How Will Apollo Impact Mainstream Users?

Read/Write Web, 28.02.2006: Adobe Engage - How Will Apollo Impact Mainstream Users?
by Jay Fortner: "After attending Adobe’s Engage event, where Adobe peeled the covers off Apollo, I began to wonder how compelling this offering is for the mainstream user; and what is the most likely diffusion scenario (i.e. how it will be accepted by the market)."

Tags: apollo, adobe, flash, adoption, analysis

Techcrunch, 28.02.2007: Best Apollo Demos

Techcrunch, 28.02.2007: Best Apollo Demos
by Ryan Stewart: "There were a bunch of product demos today at Adobe’s Engage event, but there were a few that stood out and should have a big impact on the startup world. They also happened to be some of the best demos of the day."

Tags: apollo, adobe, flex, flash, web2.0, ria

Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer, 04.12.2006: Other Thoughts on WPF/E

Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application Mountaineer, 04.12.2006: Other Thoughts on WPF/E
by Ryan Stewart: "WPF/E is not a Flash killer. Flash isn’t going away, and value-adds like Flex and VoIP down the road make Flash a formidable foe for anyone getting into the cross-platform runtime business."

Tags: ria, microsoft, wpfe, expression, adobe, flash, analysis