Desktop Web Applications

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    With the development of the Internet, a huge number of services appear, they are cool, convenient and sometimes bring all your cherished dreams to life. For example, the same mail in Gmail is gold, not a service. Personally, I keep it open all the time. Or the same Google.Docs and is an excellent replacement for a huge package from Microsoft, let there be small flaws, but if you find fault with it a lot, you must admit the ideal editor. Such a list can be listed endlessly, one thing is clear, all these services are gradually replacing the so-called desktop applications, applications installed on your computer. But there is one small one, but keeping such web applications open in a browser is at least not convenient, and unusual. It’s not convenient, because the tabs constantly open in the browser, you can inadvertently
    and close the service you need, of course, it would be easier to work with it if it were in a separate window, and much more familiar.
    Today we’ll talk about a program that is ready to help in this difficult task.


    Mozilla Prism (formerly Webrunner ) is an application whose main task is to launch web pages in a separate window. In short, it’s cropped firefox, there are no tabs, no update buttons or anything else, there isn’t anything to remind you of the browser in its original form .
    By the way, Prism works not only for Windows, but also for Mac OS X, Linux, as well as firefox itself.
    The most interesting feature of this program is that it creates a shortcut on the desktop, in the start menu or in the quick launch bar, for each web application, as if it were a real program. Now on your computer you do not need Microsoft Office or Outlook installed or another application that has an analogue on the Internet, just install Prism to set the services that you use daily on the Internet and Prism will create shortcuts to them. When you click on the shortcut, Prism will open a window with the application you specified.
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    How useful is this approach to Internet applications?
    This is a great way to transplant an office worker or your home from a desktop application to the web. On the desktop, instead of the usual program, we put a shortcut with the inscription “mail” and opening it, he won’t even guess what works with the web application, because there will be no buttons back and forth and there will only be buttons made by the site’s authors. Plus, such a window will have much less memory, which can neither please.
    With the release of Prism, many began to compare it with Adobe Air, but these are completely different things.
    Prism is launching web applications in a separate window and working directly with the site.
    Adobe Air is a tool for developing interactive applications.
    Agree, different things.
    By the way, in the new version of Firefox (3.0)Prism has become an addition to it and is now called Refractor . Its convenience lies in the fact that installing something else besides the add-on is unnecessary. But for those who for some reason have not yet installed a new firefox, I post links to the regular version, which comes from separately from firefox:
    For Windows , Mac OS , Linux .
    And also, take a look at the screenshots.

    Web Im-messenger meebo through the eyes of Prism :
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    RSS aggregator Google.Reader through the eyes of Prism:
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    Web notepad from Google Google. Notepad through the eyes of Prism:
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    Todo-serviceRemember The Milk through the eyes of Prism:
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    However, what do you need these pictures! Try it yourself, just add a link.
    Twitter : twitter.webapp , Facebook : facebook.webapp , Google Reader : greader.webapp , Google Analytics : ganalytics.webapp , Google Groups : groups.webapp , Google Docs : gdocs.webapp , Google Calendar : gcalendar.webapp , Gmail : gmail .webapp .
    And on this pageYou will find even more plugins for working with services.
    Good luck in implementing web-based applications on your desktop!

    The author of the article ice_dog_as
    via AD28.ru

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