09-13-2006, 08:31 AM
Quote:A host of powerful new methods for rapidly creating compelling browser-based software (aka Rich Internet Applications) have recently come to market, or are rapidly heading there. While the technique getting the most press by far these days is still Ajax, there are a number of new approaches that are intent on dislocating this often finicky and hard to work with though very powerful browser software model. The goal? To help us more easily develop the next generation of Web applications that are every bit as good as or better than desktop PC applications...
Ajax looks like it will face blistering competition from Flex, OpenLaszlo, WPF/E, XBAP, XUL, Java Browser Edition, and others...
full article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=65