Have you taken a look at OpenLaszlo.jp recently? Hiroaki Kuze and Keiji Ono from Net8 have been working hard to make OpenLaszlo better known in Japan. In that process they relaunched the OpenLaszlo.jp website. The site features a neat banner application running in both DHTML/Ajax and SWF/Flash mode.

Two weeks ago I had the chance to chat with Keiji. We had an interesting discussion about the situation for RIA technology in Japan. I'll do an interview with Keiji on exactly that topic for the OpenLaszlo weblog which will appear hear within the next weeks. Net8 just a held an OpenLaszlo seminar last week with 50 people attending.

I did a test run with the DHTML/Ajax application on iPhone and the iPod Touch. The animation isn't as fluid as on a PC but still looks impressive. The Japanese characters are displayed correctly.

Thanks to Keiji, Horioaki and everyone else involved with the relaunch of the website. Japan has one of the oldest OpenLaszlo communities world wide and with your support the community will keep growing. I just hope that I'll get a chance to meet the Japanese community members in the near future.

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