Mozilla Prism

[Lordbob75]

I don't know if this counts as a news article, but I think it was better here than in OffTopic.

Personal computing is currently in a state of transition. While traditionally users have interacted mostly with desktop applications, more and more of them are using web applications. But the latter often fit awkwardly into the document-centric interface of web browsers. And they are surrounded with controls–like back and forward buttons and a location bar–that have nothing to do with interacting with the application itself.

Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur.
Unlike Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, we’re not building a proprietary platform to replace the web. We think the web is a powerful and open platform for this sort of innovation, so our goal is to identify and facilitate the development of enhancements that bring the advantages of desktop apps to the web platform.
The first of these experiments is based on Webrunner, which we’ve moved into the Mozilla Labs code repository and renamed to Prism.

Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Prism


~Lordbob

 

[Gemini Man]

Hmm, sounds interesting. Thank you for the news...

Oh btw, I love your icon. I swear, whenever I'm in a thread I completely lose my focus and watch your icon for a bit.. Lol, I can't help it!

 

[DarkXeno]

hhmm guess I'm going to have to keep my eyes on this. The day of the cloud it coming faster than I would like..
Thanks for the info.

 

[Lordbob75]

Hmm, sounds interesting. Thank you for the news...

Oh btw, I love your icon. I swear, whenever I'm in a thread I completely lose my focus and watch your icon for a bit.. Lol, I can't help it!

Haha, thanks Gemini. I do the same sometimes.....

I installed this, but haven't had time to mess with it really yet, but I will let you guys know.

~Lordbob