Another one for the https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-web-desktops !
That's a great list! The website in the original article (daedalOS) is even listed there.
DaedalOS – Desktop environment in the browser
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#22I like how it's more capable than ios where you can't position app icons arbitrarily and need to use random filler to have them within reach.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
So something like X11?
Yes somewhat, but if I understand X11 is closer to a 'thin client' where X11 only handles drawing and moving windows on the display and interacting with a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. This is opposite to how most a typical web browser experience works, which much of the logic happening on the client side (e.g. UI elements)
So something like NeWS
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#24Another one for the https://github.com/syxanash/awesome-web-desktops !
Good list.
Creating your own desktop environment is an incredible “hello world” into serious and more advanced JavaScript development.
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#25It's very snappy. I'm honestly impressed. (Snappier opening apps than a new M1 I briefly had)
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#26This reminds me of Berlin/Fresco.
https://berlin.sourceforge.net/
I followed this project for years and it's still where I think we should be. X11 architecture with higher level primitives
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#27It's kind of fitting he works at Microsoft when the desktop heavily feels like Windows. Dragging and dropping everything feels super satisfying. This must be the first native-style UI for the web that almost feels perfect (the only glitches I see is mouse-over an icon has the icon move slightly up, probably as borders are added changing their position ever so slightly. I'm sure it would be easy to fix.)
Maybe that was expected actually
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#28i just played doom for a solid 10 min, thanks for bringing back up good memories
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#29I’m super impressed by how smooth it is on mobile. Winamp is a nice touch. Creator says it took three years on the side to build: https://www.reddit.com/r/react/s/JZRRdq1Qv3
I was thinking the same. Am viewing this on a Retina MBP screen, so that might be influencing what am feeling, but this looks much better than I ever remember Windows XP being.
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#30I do wonder what it would be like if we have a linux distro, where you can work seamlessly between a desktop PC and a laptop or a random cafe, because the desktop is essentally a web browser like this example. Of course you could just say IPKVM or VNC, but I would say it's a bit different if you can run most of the logic client side (via webassembly etc...). So this would require the app to be rewritten to have a cle…
So something like X11?
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