This week has been nothing but iPhone news. People are lining up, studying every new tidbit of information, and even building applications for it. All this for a phone that by most accounts is technologically inferior to what we currently have on the market. So why all the buzz and hype? Because the iPhone is an experience. It creates an emotional reaction, it looks beautiful and it’s interface by most accounts is fun to use. That sounds a lot like important traits of a Rich Internet Application to me.
I can’t wait for a day when our software (web based and desktop) all conjure up the kind of raw excitement that the iPhone does. We’re getting close. The apps we’re building are getting easier to use and we have great design tools that let us expand what we can do with software. Software doesn’t have to be boring just like cell phones or MP3 players aren’t boring. You can have the kind of elegance that comes with great design in your software. You just need to look around and rethink what technology you are using to deliver your applications.
[tags]iPhone, Rich Internet Applications[/tags]
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