RIA - Rich Internet Application
What can Bysoft do for your RIA project?
Present rich contents
RIA offer more interactive and expressive representation of the information than HTML does.
Present high fidelity contents
RIA allow content display to the pixel, allowing to reflect data in a very precise way or convey a brand image in a very faithful way.
Present complex data or big quantities of data in a synthetic and comprehensive way
Improve the user experience
RIAs allow to switch from the concept of « pages and forms » of a standard website to a more concise, comprehensive and better oriented representation of the contents.
Better interactivity
RIAs allow the website to react like a software installed on your hard-drive and consequently improve interactions of users with the application.
Increased responsiveness and reliability
RIAs only refresh the parts of the page that need to be updated and consequently reduce the delays, excessive requests to the server and usage of the bandwidth, and provides the user with better visual marks.
Reduced operating costs
RIA are easier and less expensive to maintain than standard Web applications or locally installed applications.
Provide users with a feeling of control
RIAs allow users to better visualize the products they are considering, to personalize their potential purchases and to have, in a general way, a feeling of greater control.
Which applications for RIAs?
Catalogs and content selectors
Products configuration
Productivity applications (mapping, agenda, email, task management, organization, etc...)
Entertainments (portals, medias, etc...)
etc....
RIA: What is it?
RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) are applications delivered on the Web but which significantly have the same standards as the softwares installed on computers. RIAs combine the best of the offline and on-line worlds:
On the one hand, the expressive richness and the speed of reaction of the installed applications (offline), and on the other hand, the ease of distribution and the connectivity of Internet websites (online).
RIA are, by nature, multi-platform and available on the Internet, and consequently can be used by the geatest public possible. Their ability to operate both on the client and server side allows the faster delivery of more interactive contents.
Some figures about RIAs:
According to an analysis by Scene7, 90% of the marketers declare wanting to integrate rich technologies on their website to improve users experience.
By 2008, according to Gartner Group, 48% of banking establishments will have deployed rich clients.
According to Forrester, 70% of the users plebiscite the ergonomics of these new interfaces.
Case Study
Melinky.com - Social media platform
A unique platform combining graphics richness and multimedia contents aggregation to provide a Web portal, a social network and a personal media center at the same time. A pure Rich Media website, developed with Flex and PHP.