I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having
said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning? "Because
they can only give you answers."
Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would
share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application
pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered.
From that readers can themselves infer where AJAX is headed.
What are the top questions to ask next about AJAX?
Eric Miraglia of Yahoo!
1. (From March'08) How do I calculate the ROI of building my RIA on the
iPhone SDK vs using AJAX?
2. How do I assess the performance of my app and decide what to do next to
make it faster?
3. When it comes to accessibility, how do I know what's required of me for
my rich web apps? Beyond what's required, what makes good business se... (more)
(February 13, 2007) - In my overview of the RIA I've included just a
couple of lines introducing a popular open source tool called OpenLaszlo.
I had a chance to interview David Temkin, the founder and CTO of Laszlo
Systems.
When you have created Open Laszlo back in 2001, why did you chose Flash
Player as your runtime environment? Can you please provide a brief history of
the product?
OpenLaszlo started life as a commercial product called Laszlo Presentation
Server, first released in 2002. When development began in 2001, our goals
were twofold -- first, to enable the deliver... (more)
As the mobile Web matures, we see more and more people running around
airports with their mobile devices in hand, searching for hotel rooms,
reading the news, or just playing video games. People are more connected with
their mobile phone today than any other electronic device they use. What was
once a nice-to-have is now the norm, and is quickly becoming an integral part
of our culture and society. But how do you connect with users through mobile
web sites and create exceptional experiences that are both functional and
captivating?
During 2007, Molecular conducted a unique resear... (more)
SYS-CON Media announced today that the Website showcasing one of its most
distinguished titles, AJAX World Magazine, has been stunningly re-designed
and re-launched at RIA 2009 - where under the technical-savvy leadership of
longtime Editor Jeremy Geelan, AJAX World Magazine continues to publish
in-depth perspectives, technical features, industry columns, book reviews and
excerpts, all written by thought leaders in the worldwide AJAX RIA community.
Most important, the all-new site introduces for the first time a welter of
new and original social features, including the ability for... (more)
With Jesse James Garrett, Google's Adam Bosworth and Paul Rademacher,
Christophe Coenraets, Yahoo!'s Eric Miraglia, Jouk Pleiter, Kevin Hakman,
Vassil Terziev, Dion Hinchcliffe, Microsoft's Shanku Niyogi, Eric Pascarello,
and David Temkin of Laszlo Systems, the "Real-World AJAX" One-Day Seminar
being held April 24 in San Jose is a world-beating opportunity for anyone who
wants to play catch-up with AJAX to do so, empowered by instruction and
guidance from some of the world's top exponents of Asynchronous JavaScript
and XML.
This is SYS-CON Events' first West Coast "Real-World AJA... (more)