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Silverlight Web OS Lets You Develop Apps Online And Share Them With a Click(silverlightshow.net)
21 points by happyjoe 17y ago|22 comments
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by happyjoe 17y ago
> Will my data be on the WikiOS or on my hard drive? The sandbox allows for OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog, so you can directly access user-specified files on the hard drive. There is also an online storage, but it is currently in th
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by happyjoe 17y ago
There is currently no user-generated code that runs on the server. All user-generated code runs inside a sandbox on the client.
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by happyjoe 17y ago
Yes, you can access the list of projects and contributions by clicking "Edit Project..." from the "Applications" menu inside Wiki-OS. For example, the window manager and the taskbar source code can be found in the project named "WindowManag
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by happyjoe 17y ago
Repeated vandalism is banned. Other conflicts are solved like on Wikipedia, where moderators step in if no consensus is found. Furthermore, people are encouraged to add new features and create alternatives instead of modifying the existing
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by happyjoe 17y ago
For most apps, such as a calculator or a 3D game, vandalism is not a very big problem because: - there is no sensitive data to steal - there is low motivation to vandalize (whereas some wikipedia articles are highly controversial) - it requ
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by happyjoe 17y ago
I know that on HN a majority are on Mac or Linux, but Windows is still a big platform. But yes, we know it's a major problem and it will be fixed very, very soon.
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by happyjoe 17y ago
Clickable link: http://www.wiki-os.org/what_is_wiki_os.htm
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Ask HN: review my startup Wiki-OS, the first webOS developed the wiki way
25 points by happyjoe 17y ago|42 comments