If you exhaust all more or less common web techniques like XHTML, DHTML, PHP, JavaScript or Ajax, you can really get something going.

But to develop comprehensive applications for the internet, running fluently and looking and feeling like desktop programmes, more sophisticated methods are necessary. These applications are referred to as “Rich Internet Applications”, RIA.

A good example for RIA are product configurators helping to present very versatile products which can be customised individually by the end customer.

Kodiak develops RIAs using Adobe Flex 3. With this framework, complex applications can be realised quickly. This results in applications being compatible with any modern web browser featuring an installed Flash-Player plugin.