October 26, 2007
taking the "web" out of web-apps?
A new project in the Mozilla pipe-line is almost taking us full circle in the desktop application -> web-application cycle. Traditional desktop applications like email, calendars and office applications have all sprung up in new forms on the web, offering users benefits such as accessibility and quicker launch times. However, Mozilla has raised questions such as "why do you need a 'back' button, or a navigation bar in your web-app?" and in response is developing Prism - an application that pops out web-apps and allows them to run directly on your desktop. Circle complete?
Prism isn’t a new platform, it’s simply the web platform integrated into the desktop experience. Web developers don’t have to target it separately, because any application that can run in a modern standards-compliant web browser can run in Prism.
i, for one, am giving this one a try...
Posted by lara at October 26, 2007 03:41 PM
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