Question

I would like to develop a cross platform application, i’m not sure which is best to use for a desktop application

• Microsoft Silverlight

• Adobe Air

• Java? (don’t want to do this)

• Firefox Add-On?

Answer 1

There are quite a few options available for you, but your choice may depend on how complex your desktop application is:

• Medium to high level complixity:
  • Here you may want to go with desktop application frameworks like SWT Eclipse RCP) or Netbeans Platform. Ofcourse you also have low level toolkits like Gtk, Swing, SWT, etc.
• RIA (Rich Internet Applications).There are various available in this space:
  • Titanium Desktop (Its really good, I’ve used it myself)
  • Adobe AIR (not as powerful as titanium)
  • Silverlight (don’t know much about it, and don’t know if its really cross-platform)