On Tue, August 16, 2005 7:01 am, Ted Husted said: > On 8/15/05, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The latest buzzword being tossed around lately is RIA, Rich Internet >> Applications. Some of us laugh at the term because we've been doing >> RIA's for 5+ years now and never thought to attach a special term to it >> :) But I digress... > > Continuing the digression theme ... Buzzword would be one > categorization, but "pattern name" might be another. Many people used > Facade and Composite, et al, for years before the GOF gave them names. > Ditto for POJO. To name a thing is to own a thing. Of late, we've come > to own POJOs, Ajax, and RIAs. :)
Fair point... I guess I'm just annoyed that *I* didn't come up with a name for it :) I'm quite sure I wasn't the first, but I did an app that would very clearly be called an RIA today just over 6 years ago as of two weeks ago... didn't use AJAX as we know it today but did use a hidden frame to receive XML-based responses which were then inserted into pre-loaded HTML pages, so the server never rendered a full page except when the app was first loaded, all 20+ pages (screens) of the app were in the browser throughout the lifetime of the app, data was just inserted, fields enabled/disabled, and different screens shown... the app is IE-only, but not because any IE-specific features were used, just because the layout as speced makes it look, feel and work almost exactly like a VB-based app, and that was far easier to accomplish when cross-browser concerns aren't in play. Like I said, I'm sure I wasn't the first, but clearly I had an opportunity to come up with a name. I missed the chance :) > -Ted. Frank --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
