Next-generation applications have been simmering for years, but they've yet to reach widespread acceptance. But Tim Huckaby, CEO of Interknowlogy, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based solution provider, believes that 2009 will be the year that developers and architects will start recognizing the power of user interface design with Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Microsoft Surface.
"As developers and architects, we have been so jaded by impotent browser-based applications for the past many years that we tend to not even consider surfacing an application in any way other than on a browser," Huckaby said.
