NWG update : Breadcrumb, Rich Internet Application

This was published on a personal blog I ran during the nillies, it’s included here as a historical archive. Links and images may be broken, it’s been a while.

Two new items have been added to the New Web Glossary.

Breadrumb Named after the trail of breadcrumbs Hans and Gretel left to find their way back, a breadcrumb or breadcrumb trail is a part of a user interface that shows the path to the current document. Many websites with hierarchical content use this, for instance "Home >> Category >> Article".
Rich Internet Application Can be abbreviated to RIA. A rich internet application is an application that works inside a browser, yet provides more advanced functionality than the classic webpage paradigm allows. Possible ways to achieve this is by using _Flash_ , _AJAX_ , Microsoft's ActiveX or Java Applets. The first two are the most popular, since general browser support is lacking for the latter two.