Web 2.0

By ryanstewart I wanted to get your advice on the best way to do this in JavaScript, given the following (flexible) requirements: Works in FF3, Chrome/Safari, IE 7+. Doesn’t require images (bandwidth is an issue). Doesn’t require a plugin Thanks! PamElf (

By ryanstewart Tonight we’ve released the AIR 2 and Flash Player 10.1 betas on Adobe Labs (direct download links for Flash Player and AIR). This is the first time we’ve simultaneously released the desktop (AIR) and browser (Flash Player) runtimes for all three platforms (Mac, Windows, Linux) at once, wh...

By ryanstewart Federation (XMPP)The robot protocol (JSONRPC)The gadget API (OpenSocial)The wave embed API (Javascript)The client-server protocol (As defined by GWT) That’s a lot of stuff for a developer to know and understand if they want to start building something that interoperates with and l...

By Ryan Stewart I have a guest post over at CenterNetworks regarding Where Rich Internet Applications fit into Web 2.0. It focuses mostly on the Flash platform and how it enables a much greater experience and really more powerful web applications. ...