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I've seen this kind of "desktop in a browser" thing before and it seems a bit daft to me (and it certainly isn't an operating system). There's so much scope fo

I've seen this kind of "desktop in a browser" thing before and it seems a bit daft to me (and it certainly isn't an operating system). There's so much scope for better metaphors than the "desktop" one. Google's apps are a good example of this. Your browser already gives you far more efficient window management - why try to replicate in an incredibly inefficient fashion with javascript?

shawnjgoff 17y ago
It kind of is an operating system. Check out Process Manager. Read the developer manual.
figital 17y ago
Then your desktop becomes more portable, collaborative, hackable, and open. Windows or OSX could make their local scripting environments more open and universal but they have 0 incentive. So eventually the browser will do it. Inefficiencies will be squeezed out over time. Tabs aren't really windows although they will be (or vice versa).