Richard MacManus and some of his guest bloggers put together their 2007 web predictions (Update: I forgot to link this) and one of their big predictions for web development is Rich Internet Applications.

Rich Internet Apps will be a major force in 2007 (a continuation of the Hybrid web/desktop apps theme we focused on this year). In particular watch out for Adobe’s Apollo platform, but you can be sure that Microsoft will also be very active in this domain with its Windows Presentation Foundation. Also in the mix will be Laszlo with its open source OpenLaszlo platform. The general trend going on here is that platforms that leverage both the desktop and the Web will be compelling next year, in terms of offering rich functionality that usually can’t be found on purely browser-based apps.

It’s going to be an exciting year for anyone following these technologies.

[tags]Rich Internet Applications, Read/Write Web, Apollo, WPF, OpenLaszlo[/tags]