Benefits of Rich Internet Application

A Rich Internet Application is a Web application having features similar to that of a Desktop Application. It was first introduced by a Macromedia White Paper in 2002. It is a largely used Internet Application because it is user friendly, not too heavy and is extensible. The tool used in building and showing RIA is Adobe Flex™ 2. This system is used to process data on the server and the client only displays static content. This service brings satisfaction for the customers, as it boosts the experience of the users making them more dynamic.

The benefits of RIA include the following:

1. It is richer in the sense that it has all the advantages not available in other HTML widgets.
2. It is more responsive than a standard Web Browser.
3. As Adobe® Flash™ Player 9 is used in running RIA, it can reach to a large number of people with quality content.

As any technology has some drawbacks and shortcomings along with all the benefits, same is the case with RIA and they are as follows:

1. As RIA is run in a sandbox, the users cannot access system resources.
2. As it uses Java, if the user is not comfortable with the language, RIA will not work properly.
3. Scripts might take a long time to get downloaded in an RIA.
4. The content might not get easily displayed on the search engines.
5. It needs good internet connectivity, in the absence of which it may not give desired results.

Once the above criteria gets fulfilled, the RIA is the most user friendly system, which is both installation and system issue free.