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October 29, 2004

Actual Example of a “Rich” Web Client

One of my friends and colleagues (Matthew Phillips) has sent me a link to a page about an application that has been written using Mozilla's XUL. As I have previously written XUL is the XML markup language used by the Mozilla-based Browsers (Mozilla and Firefox) to render the user interface. This site talks about using XUL to develop a “rich” web application to search for products on Amazon.com. You can run the rich client as either an extension or online (like a web page). I believe this type of rich client is the future for all web-based applications that require a centrally managed application repository while retaining highly interactive client-side capabilities.

Have a go for yourself. (You will need to install Firefox or Mozilla)

Links
MAB Rich Client
Download Firefox
Download Mozilla

Posted by Egon Kuster at October 29, 2004 12:30 AM

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As another beautiful example of how rich web clients can be, I saw this today linked off the Joel on Software site: http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html. It's an example of a fairly sophisticated powerpoint-like slide system using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, not even XUL required. The underlying XHTML is very readable, and can be printed by just switching off the slide style sheet. Posted by: Matthew Phillips at October 29, 2004 03:22 PM


	« Scrollable CSS Table with Fixed Header \| Main Blog Page \| Google Desktop for Mac! » October 29, 2004 Actual Example of a “Rich” Web Client One of my friends and colleagues (Matthew Phillips) has sent me a link to a page about an application that has been written using Mozilla's XUL. As I have previously written XUL is the XML markup language used by the Mozilla-based Browsers (Mozilla and Firefox) to render the user interface. This site talks about using XUL to develop a “rich” web application to search for products on Amazon.com. You can run the rich client as either an extension or online (like a web page). I believe this type of rich client is the future for all web-based applications that require a centrally managed application repository while retaining highly interactive client-side capabilities. Have a go for yourself. (You will need to install Firefox or Mozilla) Links MAB Rich Client Download Firefox Download Mozilla Posted by Egon Kuster at October 29, 2004 12:30 AM Comments As another beautiful example of how rich web clients can be, I saw this today linked off the Joel on Software site: http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html. It's an example of a fairly sophisticated powerpoint-like slide system using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, not even XUL required. The underlying XHTML is very readable, and can be printed by just switching off the slide style sheet. Posted by: Matthew Phillips at October 29, 2004 03:22 PM