Sneak Peek: 50 Most Usable RIAs

Update: The 50 Most Usable RIAs article is now posted on InsideRIA.


We have submitted an article entitled the “50 Most Usable RIAs” to InsideRIA. Here is a sneak peek of the post and 10 of the RIAs included in the list.

Excerpt

Bill and I have reviewed hundreds of rich Internet applications, RIAs, while compiling examples for our book and subsequent presentations and articles.

We recently realized that we had amassed quite a list of applications. Thinking other designers and developers might be interested in these resources, we applied two simple criteria to identify the top fifty:

Number 1: Does it adhere to the 10 basic usability principles?
Number 2: Is it really rich? Developing a product with Ajax, Flex, or Silverlight doesn’t inherently make it rich. A usable RIA will embody these six principles: Make it Direct, Keep it Lightweight, Stay on the Page, Provide Invitations, Use Transitions, React Immediately. For more detailed descriptions of each principle, see the Explore the Book section of this site.

10 of the 50

Aviary

aviary1

Balsamiq Mockups

balsamiq_mockups

CrazyEgg

crazyegg

Mint

mint_small

Picnik

picnik

SlideRocket

sliderocket_small

Spatial Key

spatialkey_layers

Tumblr

tumblr

Whitestone Cheese

whitestone

Wufoo

wufoo

We’ll let you know when the full list is up on InsideRIA.

2 Comments

  1. Sneak Peek: 50 Most Usable RIAs Said,

    September 1, 2009 @ 2:52 am

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  2. Peldi Guilizzoni Said,

    September 1, 2009 @ 3:18 am

    Whoo-hoo! SO PROUD to be on this list!!! :)

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