os.js: JavaScript Cloud/Web Desktop Platform
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Re: os.js: JavaScript Cloud/Web Desktop Platform
#2While it looks like a nice exercise in front end JS, and looks cool, does it solve any problems? Do users actually need some more abstraction layers on top of Google Drive / Dropbx, etc? Either I am getting too sleepy, or they didn't provide any actual use cases in the homepage.
It provides some sort of API ("simple, modilarized and flexible JavaScript APIs so you can easily make changes, extend functionality and create applications") but is it just a new look for single page applications?
I am not trying to be cynical or anything, just curious :)
Re: os.js: JavaScript Cloud/Web Desktop Platform
#3Reminds me of something I saw way back in the late '90s called MyWebOS, which looked cool but never caught on.
Also, I see the Internet has unleashed its usual brand of stupidity on the demo. There are files in the shared directory with names like "Got any good porn.txt" and "dicksmoker.odoc".
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#4Very nice, although it must have been a lot of work for uncertain benefits.
It also reminds to what eyeOS (http://eyeos.com) were doing a few years ago.
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#5Would be nice if the page mentioned how this differs from/improve on projects like Lively Kernel?:
Re: os.js: JavaScript Cloud/Web Desktop Platform
#6While it looks like a nice exercise in front end JS, and looks cool, does it solve any problems? Do users actually need some more abstraction layers on top of Google Drive / Dropbx, etc? Either I am getting too sleepy, or they didn't provide any actual use cases in the homepage. It provides some sort of API ("simple, modilarized and flexible JavaScript APIs so you can easily make changes, extend functionality and cre…
As indicated by the title of the link, I think it allows you to build a "desktop" metaphor in the browser. ExtJS used to have some similar demos but I think their license is pretty restrictive. One use case for this is something that I happen to use regularly - the web interface on the Synology NAS.
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#7I must say that is a very nice domain name (js.org)
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#8I must say that is a very nice domain name (js.org)
it's for community projects, check out their home page.
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#9While it looks like a nice exercise in front end JS, and looks cool, does it solve any problems? Do users actually need some more abstraction layers on top of Google Drive / Dropbx, etc? Either I am getting too sleepy, or they didn't provide any actual use cases in the homepage. It provides some sort of API ("simple, modilarized and flexible JavaScript APIs so you can easily make changes, extend functionality and cre…
As indicated by the title of the link, I think it allows you to build a "desktop" metaphor in the browser. ExtJS used to have some similar demos but I think their license is pretty restrictive. One use case for this is something that I happen to use regularly - the web interface on the Synology NAS.
If you could build in a rich environment for inspecting and manipulating the code, you'd be well on your way to a small talk like environment :)
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#10While it looks like a nice exercise in front end JS, and looks cool, does it solve any problems? Do users actually need some more abstraction layers on top of Google Drive / Dropbx, etc? Either I am getting too sleepy, or they didn't provide any actual use cases in the homepage. It provides some sort of API ("simple, modilarized and flexible JavaScript APIs so you can easily make changes, extend functionality and cre…
I'm a fan of the "why not" answer when it comes to just about everything tech. So many great things come from those two words.