You have to consider the cost and development time it will take for you to develop it, as well as the benefit it will add for your customer.
For example, Broadmoor.com got a significant return on investment by creating a RIA to allow users to book rooms. They saw a substantial (I'll see if I can find exact numbers) increase in the number of web bookings due to the application. You can find info on the Broadmoor app here: http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=broadmoor&; action.x=0&action.y=0&action=Search&area= Mike chambers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrocknaphobia Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:14 PM Subject: Pros & Cons of RIAs > So, in all the responses I've gotten, I've seen "RIAs are not for you > then" "RIAs really don't make for good e-commerce". So my question is: > When is an RIA justified? When is there a benefit to create an RIA over > an HTML application? In the responses I've gotten, there has only been > one Pro, the optimization of bandwidth. I think the other is quite > obvious, although left unsaid, aesthetics. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
