uDig and Open Standards

GeoInformatics.com has a recent article about open source and open standards in the GIS world. uDig and Refractions Research are mentioned near the bottom. I enjoy the parts where they mention uDig's user-friendliness:

The "user friendly" part of the name shines through since users can simply drop URLs (Web addresses) of Web services onto the uDig map window and have them added to the map. Refractions takes great pride in its product's role in OGC Web Services Initiative Phase 3. Says Ramsey, "I think I am most impressed by the different usability of the different clients in the final demonstration; simply compare the amount of interaction required to display airports using a feature portrayal service. uDig [required] one drag and drop every thing else was automated others required up to three catalog lookups, and cut-and-paste URLs."