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Abstract

Early generation of Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies fulfill the requirement of RIA through plug-in solutions, and browser specific extension provides attractive solution of running native like application as a client to web backend, but fragmentation of the technologies and nonstandard implementation have hindered their wide adoption. Introduction of HTML5 and CSS3 implementation in all the major browsers recently has changed the RIA landscape. Now we have a technology stack that is controlled by a standard body, and widely implemented in mainstream browsers as a base to create RIA applications. Other than the control and standardization, this technology stacks are also exceed the original definition of RIA. As a result, the market sees a flood of browser based RIA that doing things previously can only be done by native applications. This paper describes our own experience in implementing a RIA application based on HTML5, CSS3 and Javascript and highlight how these technologies have exceeded the old RIA definition.