Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Nov 30 13:25:30 CST 2012
The truth is, no matter how well your application works the main feature that draws clients in to use you APPs are its graphical interface. Rightly or wrongly potential users avoid programs that are not pretty as well as functional. To that end, a series of new web APIs are on their way. The graphical interface for your web sites will never be the same or easier to build. http://blog.alexmaccaw.com/ Chrome is about to release a full featured OS but unlike competitors this OS runs on your browser. http://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8oFAr1YR-0 Auto-Complete, a new simpler method for filling out forms and transferring web data. Particularly useful when buying and selling internationally. Adobe is expanding its tool sets so that virtually any graphical and automated filtering transition can be created very easily. http://html.adobe.com/webstandards/ Both Firefox and Adobe are working on building a OSS replacement for Flash. https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/11/popcorn-maker-1-0-released-how-it-works/ and http://www.geek.com/articles/news/adobe-release-their-own-html5-flash-replac ement-app-called-edge-2011081/ And finally, the complex AJAX connection will have a slick new easy interface: http://taskjs.org/ Jim