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As these "OS in the browser" things seem to pop up from time to time, has anybody here ever seen a good application for them? Canonical use something similar i

• fredsted 12y ago
  Is that open source? The ubuntu tour has a bit more smooth feel to it than OS.js when interacting with the windows, menus, controls. For example, When dragging windows, i lost the grip using OS.js. This was flawless with ubuntu's thing, also the UI is prettier. I like the idea of having a desktop available to you wherever you are. This could be really powerful as browsers get faster and stuff like webGL gets popular. 90% of the native apps i use like mail.app, iTunes, sublime text, git client, terminal, all that might as well run in the browser today. No need to save, just leave the app running. I often work from home by VNCing to my workstation at the office. Because I live close this is actually very smooth, but a no go when commuting because of high latency. I'd imagine browser based apps might provide some buffer to fix that.