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This is really cool. One day I’d like to see a JS based window manager running as the main window manager on a local machine. I’m not entirely sure how that wou
by francois_h 3y ago
This is really cool. One day I’d like to see a JS based window manager running as the main window manager on a local machine. I’m not entirely sure how that would work. Imagine using a JS window manager instead of Windows explorer or MacOS’ finder or even replace KDE or Gnome.
- replete 3y agoI've been using obsidian for note taking recently and found myself writing all kinds of extended UI functionality just because I could do so easily with web technologies. Writing a bit of JS and CSS to make my primary operating system interface with exactly how I like would be pretty handy. Did the same thing with Firefox when I realized I could just write some css to make the UI more compact.
- rektide 3y agoPyrodesktop & webOS are historic & contemporary examples, I albeit webOS isn't really a conventional window manager. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39541 I also cited Greenfield which is a web based Wayland window manager. Apps show up & run as normal in the browser. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29239781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29239781
- cookiengineer 3y agoGNOME3 is already using GNOME Shell, which in return uses gjs and a CSS tree for all its components and layouts? I mean, the GTK layout tree is obviously different than a pure CSS layout tree, but it's been there for already 14+ years...and everyone was complaining about it. You can literally use animations and transitions from the CSS/SVG specification. You also can use "Looking Glass" which is their integrated debugger for layouts.