Two years ago we did a prototype of a rich client application using SVG. It was crude, but demonstrated the idea fairly well. We never did much with it. We got reorg'd a couple of times and has now been all but forgotten.
Macromedia has been flogging their rich client technology. I have finally gotten around to taken a look at what they have to offer. If you have 15 minutes to invest, to a look at their web presentation entitled: Macromedia - The business impact of Rich Internet Applications.
Tom, if you don't even have that much to spare, take a look at the section that talks about the etrade stock quote application. It is about 9 minutes in.
Consider their Watergate Hotel example. What would that kind of approach do to a banking application. Bill payment on one screen? (By the way, I checked out the applicaton on the hotel's web site... They don't use the new flash based application, it is the old one. Wonder why?
