Thursday, January 12th, 2006
Nine Tips For Rich Internet Applications
Category: Usability
1) Make it directly interactive
2) Make it inviting
3) Use lightweight, in-context popups instead of page transitions where possible
4) Use real-estate creatively
5) Cross page boundaries reluctantly
6) Create a light footprint
7) Think of your interactions as storyboards
8) Communicate transitions
9) Think in objects
The post details each of these points.
Some of Bill’s earlier posts will also be of interest. Each of these considers a general Ajax feature/pattern and considers when and how it should be used. Lots of real examples.
Bill helped develop OpenRico while at Sabre and is now Ajax evangelist at Yahoo!
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Another good tip to add to that list would be:
Design it to degrade gracefully on browsers without javascript