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I was expecting this OS to be the browser. The browser really is another OS these days especially with all the new HTML5 specs (firefox OS being the proponent o
by general_failure 13y ago
I was expecting this OS to be the browser. The browser really is another OS these days especially with all the new HTML5 specs (firefox OS being the proponent of such things).
The way HTML5 is progressing it might even beat the API of the OS it seems! For example, the OS itself might have no contacts API but the browser has HTML5 API to access them!
- dokem 13y agoI don't think you understand what an operating system is.
- reubenmorais 13y agoWhile the reasons stated by the gp might not be the best ones to justify his assertion, browsers are an environment for running arbitrary untrusted code, and have a lot of similarities with operating systems (like job control, memory management, hardware access, etc).