Hi Pivot, IIA will likely mean nothing to anyone. Why not go with RIA+ or just RIC for Rich Internet Client. Or you can go with IRIA for Installable Rich Internet Application. At any rate this deserves serious thought.
RIA has an R in it meaning Rich. I'm reminded of the book "Filthy Rich Clients". I'm not sure why you feel RIA is going the way of the browser only, who cares if they construe the meaning of RIA, someone has to keep the proper meaning intact. It would also seem RIA is much more appropriate for client apps than so called browser web apps. I'm not sure there is a need to drop ties with RIA, just enhance it. Thom On 2011-01-05, at 4:50 PM, Greg Brown wrote: > Hi all, > > I have recently been thinking that we might want to do some "rebranding". > When we started this project nearly 4 years ago, our goal was to create a > Java-based RIA platform that could realistically compete with the > industry-leading Flex and Silverlight. I think we have accomplished that. The > forthcoming Pivot 2.0 release is easily the best one yet. > > Unfortunately, browser plugins have fallen out of favor in recent years, and > many developers seem to think that the future of web-based RIA is HTML 5. > Still, I believe that there are many developers out there (myself included) > who would would prefer to continue building user interfaces in Java. > > Since the term "RIA" implies "web browser" to many developers, I have been > trying to come up with a new acronym. I thought about a number of different > possibilities but the one that seemed to fit best was "Installable Internet > Application" (IIA). Most end users are already comfortable with the concept > of downloading and installing an application, both on the desktop as well as > on a mobile device. It would be great if there was a common development > platform that could be used to build applications that target all major > desktop OSes as well as mobile devices capable of running a JVM - I think > that Pivot should be that platform. We're not quite there yet, but I have > been working on some ideas for Pivot 3.0 and I will be sharing them soon. > > Next week, we'll be issuing a press release to coincide with the 2.0 release. > I think it makes sense to update the homepage at the same time to reflect > this new branding. Here's what I came up with: > > --- > Apache Pivot is an open-source platform for building installable Internet > applications (IIAs). It combines the enhanced productivity and usability > features of a modern user interface toolkit with the robustness of the > industry-standard Java platform. > > Why Pivot? > Pivot allows developers to easily construct visually-engaging, > cross-platform, connected applications in Java or any other JVM language, > such as JavaScript, Groovy, or Scala. Pivot is also the only truly open IIA > framework: it is completely open source, and is driven entirely by the > software development community. > > Pivot enables developers to build solutions using the tools they already know > and love, decreasing delivery time and reducing technology sprawl. > --- > > Please let me know what you think. > > Thanks, > Greg >
