During class last Thursday we discussed rich web technologies and a few of the available software applications that can be used to deliver content in a more meaningful way to end users. I found it interesting that most of the products we discussed were rolled out to the market place at about the same time. But, the products vary greatly in the features available. The application used most frequently appears to be Adobe AIR and I imagine this is because it is free, works outside the browser and works with all platforms. But most of the other applications we discussed also worked with all platforms, and with the exception of one, work outside the browser, and several of them are also free. So what gives? I don't have the answer but I think the fact that Adobe AIR works with Adobe Flash has a great deal to do with it's popularity. I am aware that other applications also work with Flash but an Adobe application working with an Adobe application is probably a big draw when it comes to choosing which one to use.
I also found it mildly interesting that JavaFX is a late comer to this party. With the popularity of Java I thought the JavaFX application would be one of the major players in the rich media technologies arena. But JavaFX is almost an "also ran" product. By this I mean it came to the market place well after several of the other applications and it is lacking many of the bells and whistles of the others. Because of this, relative to the other applications available, JavaFX is not used by very many developers.
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