Beyond HTML: Rich Internet Applications
Posted by: Rick Strahls WebLog,
on 15 Apr 2007 |
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Rich Internet Applications (RIA) is a term used to describe non HTML based, low impact Internet applications. RIAs typically run in the browser (although they dont have to) and get their data from the Web server over HTTP. One of the big selling points of RIAs is that they provide many of the benefits of HTML based Web applications, but without the limiting HTML interface, instead replacing it with a richer user interface framework that allows presenting of a more desktop like user experience.
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