Re: [dev] Interesting post about X11

check eyeOS (again)

On 06/15/10 10:38, Alexander Teinum wrote:
> An OS built on a web browser doesn’t have to mean that the
> applications are closed source. If you host the applications locally,
> and use something like web sockets and Node.js to communicate with the
> lower level stuff, you may end up with something that 1. uses web
> technologies, 2. performs good, 3. is open.
>
> I’m not sure if this is a good idea. I do think it’s the most
> streamlined way to do it, since you’re most likely using the web
> browser anyway. There was some talk about the idea of implementing a
> suckless web browser engine in the other thread that’s 100 % standards
> compliant. That could make a web-based terminal application almost as
> snappy as xterm if done right.
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Anselm R Garbe<garbeam_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 14 June 2010 12:13, pancake<pancake_AT_youterm.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2010.html#Thoughts%20and%20rambling%20on%20the%20X%20protocol
>>>
>> This post proves once again that a new window system is what everyone
>> is waiting for and that it's our opportunity to do that.
>>
>>
> I’d love to see, or to be a part of that.
>
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 15 2010 - 10:08:49 UTC