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'Bubbles' brings Web Applications on your Desktop

15 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/bubbles-brings-web-applications-on-your-desktop.97642/

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The Conqueror Original post #1
Sep 12, 2008 at 1:29 PM
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Bubbles is an application platform, based on Browser technologies. It detaches Web Applications from the classic Browser and offers them with the familiar accessibility, capabilities and always-on nature of Desktop applications.


Web-Applications have been limited to what classic browsers offered them. With Bubbles, web-applications can accept drag-and-drop files, popup notifications on the desktop even when they are minimized, control their own system tray icon and menu, and much more.

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victor_rambo
victor_rambo #2
Sep 13, 2008 at 12:23 AM
This thing is quite interesting for me. Thanks a lot!
debsuvra
debsuvra #3
Sep 13, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Mozilla has a extension named 'Prism' for quite a few days for the same functions in Firefox. I think this Bubbles and Prism do almost the same thing, but we need greater Javascript performances to make them more faster like desktop apps. Google Chrome is build and envisioned keeping that in mind.
victor_rambo
victor_rambo #4
Sep 13, 2008 at 1:20 AM
Also its an Windows only app I think.
iMav
iMav #5
Sep 13, 2008 at 2:26 AM
Looks interesting, I just hope it's not a resource hog.
hellknight
hellknight #6
Sep 13, 2008 at 2:29 AM
nahi.. that Prism thing is available on Linux too..
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mehulved #7
Sep 13, 2008 at 2:32 AM
debsuvra said:
but we need greater Javascript performances to make them more faster like desktop apps. Google Chrome is build and envisioned keeping that in mind.
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Didn't mozilla start working on it too with their spidermonkey project?
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Ph4x0r #8
Sep 13, 2008 at 2:33 AM
tfs :)
Garbage
Garbage #9
Sep 13, 2008 at 5:33 AM
hmm.... Simillar to Mozilla Prism... :s
hellknight
hellknight #10
Sep 13, 2008 at 1:25 PM
But the most impressive is an app called Fluid which is available for Mac OS X.. its very cool and completely free
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amritpal2489 #13
Sep 15, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Spidermonkey??? Tracemonkey?????????
anandk
anandk #14
Sep 15, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Looks good. Will check it out. Thanx!