It's Not Over Till the Fat Client Sings
TS-4317

Reports of Java technology's death on the client have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the reverse is true: Where the browser was once hailed as the ubiquitous client platform that would deliver computing power across the Internet and also replace corporate systems with intranets, the truth is that it has failed to deliver anywhere near the usability that traditional client applications do. The browser became famous because of its ease of deployment, but Java technology has caught up hugely in usability and also in deployment strategies such as Java Web Start software. Numerous offerings are now available to those who don't want to be shackled to the one-dimensional page model of a browser. They range from thinlets to rich lightweight clients, to Asynchronous JavaScript Technology (Ajax), to the Swing and Eclipse Rich Client Platform running over Java technology Network Launch Protocol. This session discusses the various technologies that allow Java technology programmers to deliver a rich HTTP-based client to their users. It also covers the various pieces of market research that show how the browser is stagnating and developers and users are turning to richer and more functional offerings, and it discusses how Java technology can position itself to recapture the space it initially filled with applets and subsequently lost. The presentation also covers Ajax and whether or not it is good enough to fill the usability void left by browsers.

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