The Prism prototype is now available for Mac and Linux, on par with the updated version for Windows that resolves a few issues, meaning Prism now provides a cross-platform way to integrate the web platform with the desktop environment. Prism allows developers to desktop-enable their web applications and gives users the choice to use their favourite web apps in their browser, on their desktop of choice, or in both places. The team is also working on a simple way to open a web application in Prism directly from Firefox (no separate Prism download required).
Download Prism 0.8 for: Windows | Mac OS X | Linux
View: Mozilla Labs
Download Prism 0.8 for: Windows | Mac OS X | Linux View: Mozilla Labs
fancy name for a regular application though..
Umm... Or here's their view on it:
http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/p...mparison550.png
Basically it sounds like they're trying to allow users to run things in a window much like a regular application, that is without making the browser chrome get in the way. And in the process of doing so, also give the user more freedom to access local resources, I assume with some sort of security design in there.
But that really sounds a lot like the underused feature Internet Explorer has had since eons ago...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496.aspx
Last edited by Jugalator on 04 Nov 2007 - 22:28
Umm... Or here's their view on it:
http://people.mozilla.com/~faaborg/files/p...mparison550.png
Basically it sounds like they're trying to allow users to run things in a window much like a regular application, that is without making the browser chrome get in the way. And in the process of doing so, also give the user more freedom to access local resources, I assume with some sort of security design in there.
But that really sounds a lot like the underused feature Internet Explorer has had since eons ago...
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms536496.aspx
You are partly true,
Microsoft HTml Applications are trusted chrome-less windows that can do lot of client side magic, without security prompts.
But, Microsoft HTA technology doesn't allow connecting to external domains, it is standalone application can be written using html, js activex, java etc.
Pessimistic, moi?
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