Rich Internet applications (RIAs)

• What is a rich Internet application?

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• Back in the late nineties, "browsing the web" meant going online to read text and view static images. But that model was limiting. As more people and businesses connected to the web, we all wanted a richer, more responsive user experience.
• In 2002, Macromedia coined the term rich Internet application (RIA). RIAs combine the flexibility, responsiveness, and ease of use of desktop applications with the broad reach of the web. RIAs provide a dynamic web experience that is rich and engaging, as well as interactive.
• Many web designers and developers use Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex to build RIAs. Adobe Flash is an authoring environment for creating rich, interactive content for the web that is deployed using Adobe Flash Player. Adobe Flex is a cross-platform development framework for creating RIAs. Content created with Flex also is deployed using Flash Player or Adobe AIR. RIAs created in Flex, Flash, and even Ajax can be taken to the dekstop using the Adobe AIR desktop runtime. To learn more about RIAs, explore the resources below.

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• 中文翻译
• 在90 末期的背后，"浏览网页"意味着在线阅读文本和观看静态图象。但是这种模式是有局限性的。因为更多的人们和商业上的加入，我们全部想要一次更丰富，更能够产生共鸣的用户体验。
• 在2002年，Macromedia创造出丰富的因特网应用术语(RIA)。RIAs让桌面应用程序与互联网的结合充满灵活性，相应性。RIAs提供了一次丰富且吸引人的交互式的动态网体验。
• 很多网页设计者和开发者用Adobe Flash 和 Adobe Flex来开发RIAS。Flash为Flash player构建丰富，互交式动态网的开发环境。而Flex也一样，同时还用来开发AIR。RIAs在Flex, Flash, and even Ajax 开发并且可以通过 AIR desktop runtime转换成桌面程序。通过探索下面的资源一起学习了解更多RIAs吧o(∩_∩)o...