Pyro - Merging web and desktop
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Pyro - Merging web and desktop
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Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#2This in an interesting concept, but it's very pre-beta - yes, Firefox is working as a composited window manager, but Pyro isn't a full desktop environment and currently lacks even the most simplest of application launchers.
One to watch though.
Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#3A great idea, and definitely one to watch, as nailer says. Hopefully we can learn a lot from the attempt. I think this is something only the hard core of developers will use, since it's built for Linux.
Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#4Heh... I think it's a bit amusing how conceptually similar this is to what Microsoft tried to do years ago with IE and ActiveX.
Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#5They try to blur the borders between whats on the web and whats on my harddisk. That seems to make things worse in the first instance. Confusion is a bad thing.
What vantages do I get in return?
Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#6start this vid @ ~4:10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZTQeqpdDYQ&mode=related&...
and then start this one from the beginning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwYxjgyPHNM&mode=related&...
I don't know much about pyro but I like the concept. I love thick clients. I use Mail.app, Addressbook, iCal, iPhoto and iTunes. I have yet to find suitable web based replacements for these basic apps. I've tried gmail and a number of others but I keep coming back thick clients...
Ideally I want to combine the best of both worlds. I want the iApp integration and gui's when I'm home but with the implicit backup and access to large datasets of a web based app. I only want to deal w/ pure browser apps when I'm away from my computer...
Re: Pyro - Merging web and desktop
#7A great idea, and definitely one to watch, as nailer says. Hopefully we can learn a lot from the attempt. I think this is something only the hard core of developers will use, since it's built for Linux.
This isn't a server application or development tool, it's a desktop interface (or will be). Not sure why you think only hard core developers would use it.