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- dude3609, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3using browsers as an OS is the worst idea i think i've ever heard regarding os's.
- Andir, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Another blog. Opinion, not fact. And lame.
- ccunni, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2sounds like a security nightmare
- motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"The Internet is the Operating System.
Windows, Linux, Mac, etc are just portals into it." - motionblur - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2windows RG?
- jdgtrplyr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0To post bill payments at my job, the browser essentially IS the OS in that we have to go entirely through a friggin' website to do anything and everything. It's awful, and enough proof to me that the browser as an OS is not what anyone needs.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Windows is a "browser" :)
- Albertpacino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Nice read
+digg - zakharm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0+(i dig kottke)
- drawab, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0The way google is jumping ahead - one does have to wonder that it must have its eyes set on the OS - Good read
+Dugg - MrCalifornia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Did anyone read the article? He's not talking about running all software off the net tommorow, but about taking steps to do caching and stuff and make some of the big name webapps work anywhere.
- FunkyGuy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0I rather have the internet be like an OS, when we all have that super fast iternet connections downloading at a few meg a second (actually downloading a t a few meg a second,I got cable and no severs can send me 4+ meg a sec iv seen) then you should be able to make a desktop coulnt you.
- awilke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This isn't possible right now. Most people don't have enough net bandwidth. Especially WebOS versions of photoshop, dreamweaver.
This is probably the future. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"Way back in October 2004"
Dude? Way back? People have been considering this idea for years. I wrote a web based editor (thinking about this same idea) back in 2000. Its part of suso.org actually. I'm hoping to make suso.org play into this WebOS concept. There is actually another application I'm writing (can't tell you about it yet) that will be another part. - mrblack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0not really that in depth. For the web perhaps, but not Journal length or quality. Interesting though, especially coming from perhaps the top blogger.
- BluParadox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Alright, what he is talking about really isn't an OS at all, it's just a design paradigm for writing client side applications with existing Internet technologies.
I think the whole thing is ridiculous though, it's as if he has never heard of Java, which has all of the benefits and none of the drawbacks of his proposal. Furthermore, java is more capable, easier to code in and easier to maintain than a pile of HTML/CSS/Javascript/Flash/etc code.
If people use web apps like he was discussion it will be because they are slightly (and just slightly more open). For example you can parse the HTML generated by google desktop search to build your own interface to that technology. This is harder to accomplish with java unless the original programmer had that in mind (although it's not really that hard to plan for).
I guess I just think the whole idea is stupid. If you want cross platform, do it right. What else does this proposal give us besides a google/mozilla brand? - motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Okay, that doesn't read as funny as it sounded in my head...
- Spanktacular, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0This has been the holy grail for distributed computing for years now. It's largely what motivated Gates to get off his ass with the internet thing and destroy Netscape as a potential rival in the OS space.
But, it keeps coming up against a very basic problem. You'll never have a browser as an OS as long as the browser needs an OS to run. - sovereign3, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Long read, but worth it.
It seems we are moving closer to that world where we will all literally be connected. Imagine being able to access your files (video, music, documents) from any computer in the world via a web interface. The ideas presented are fascinating and feasible, I'm sure in due time. Perhaps there are still huge ramifications, security of course the main one, but Google and others I'm sure are hard at work developing a workable system. It seems Google is ushering a new age of internet and computing all by itself. - AKAImBatman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0> there's a java based OS somewhere on the net
JNode: http://jnode.sf.net
On the topic, cache schemes have traditionally failed. The constant progress toward more connectivity always makes the cache scheme obsolete before it hits the market. Anyone remember Microsoft's Active Channels? Big failure.
Some would argue that caching is still a good idea for applications on the go. However, I would respond that connectivity is increasing even there. Many people haven't noticed it quite yet, but cell phones have increased both in power and bandwidth in the past few years. Under today's pricing plans, many cell phone users can use the Internet no matter where they are.
So why worry about caching on the client side when the network will always be available? Especially when (as I find more and more while I'm on the go) you often need network resources to look up the references you need to get your work done. Without these references, you can't use the cached application anyway. - scottbrown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Excuse me, how does one point their browser to the GoogleOS without first having a native OS load their browser? Is this not the quintessential chicken/egg problem?
- AKAImBatman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0P.S. I should probably mention that it took nearly 20 years to reach the state of Web deliverable applications. Sun developed the idea back in the 80's. Tis' true:
http://akaimbatman.blogspot.com/2005/08/whats-old-is-news-again.html - sabster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0haha yahooos omg that is funny
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sabsturr@gmail.com - kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Google)S sounds pretty cool though. Funny thing is, me and my friend thought up this concept just an hour ago, and had a good laugh about it!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0there's a java based OS somewhere on the net...I forgot it's name though, and I can't provide a link...
search for it on Google :) - motionblur, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0"The Internet is the Operating System.
Windows, Linux, Mac, etc are just portals into it." - motionblur
/ for more insightful and inventive quotes, don't visit my website at http://www.mbstudios.ca/word/ - 7of7, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Ha, a Google OS. That would be really funny. I'd hope it wouldn't be quite as lame as Google Talk.
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