Post on 16-Apr-2017
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Web 2.0Rich User Experiences
RIA (Rich Internet Applications)
Adobe Flash Player
Java
Ajax
Adobe player : The RIA
Benefits to the user e.g. Adobe
flash Adobe flash is installed on 98% of personal computers and more than 450 million devices
Provides a greater reach for the user.
Custom filters and effects.
Built up from a wide range of programmes .
80% of online videos use adobe flash to be viewed.
FlickrImage and video hosting website
Community of sharing and visual dialogue through photographs and linking
Online photo management and sharing application
Claims to host more than 4 billion images
Features of flickrInteraction and Compatabilty
Access Control
Organizr
Map Sources
Filtering
User benefits of flickr
Easy-to-use interface
Tagging
Folksonomy
Easy access to photos
Google MailWeb mail service created in 2004.
Originally launched as invitation only but became available to general public on February 7th 2007.
Since July 2009 has had 146 million users a month.
Features of Google Mail
June 2005- Gmail labs- new and experimental features such as book marking emails and custom keyboard shortcuts.
December 2005- Gmail mobile free service available for mobiles and smart phones.
Advantages to users
Less spam- filters spam mail
More storage- 7350 MB
Gmail chat- save chats, no special software required.
FacebookFounded by then university students, Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Chris Hughes & Dustin Moskovitz
A social networking website
Written and visual accounts of the daily lives of its users
Features of Facebook
Chat
Applications (games, features)
Notifying the user
Uploading & tagging photos
Comments & Feedback (statuses, notes, photos)
Groups and Fan profiles
Improvements to the user interface
of FacebookNews feed & Live feed
Photo upload browsers ( new & old)
Bookmarking pagesOld uploader New uploader
Rich User Experiences Have
Been ExistentMany capabilities now being explored have been around for many years
Netscape and Microsoft both had a similar vision of what is now being realised
Battle over standards to be used made cross-browser applications difficult
Browser Wars
VS
Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome e.t.c
Microsoft eventually wins browser wars (who remembers Netscape?)
Become single de-facto browser standard to write to
No destructive obstruction to progress since 90’s
Consumers can expect much more rich user applications in future (improvements to Google docs, Gmail, windows 7 e.t.c)