Linkites Blog How To Create A Rich Internet Application

Designing a rich Internet application (RIA) can test even an experienced design team. The hardest challenge is to blend Web and desktop paradigms to create a responsive and intuitive experience. Some paradigms that exist in the desktop environment are ill-suited for the Web, while many of the Web paradigms people are familiar with (paging, explicit refresh) are no longer necessary with RIAtechnologies like Flex and Ajax. As this space matures, we are learning more and more about which boundaries can be pushed, and which patterns transcend time and technology. While working on the book Designing Web Interfaces, We explored hundreds of Web applications searching for these patterns. Armed with a crazy amount of examples, we distilled the patterns into six principles: Make It Direct Keep It Lightweight Stay on the Page Provide Invitations Use Transitions React Immediately But we didn't tackle the larger topic of how to create a rich...The post How To Create A Rich Internet Application appeared first on Linkites Blog.