Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux: Lightweight version of Firefox, which presents a window into a single web application

Submitted by antoq on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 00:03.

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Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux is a program that tries to make web applications work as comfortable as if they are programs installed on your computer. Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux is a lightweight version of Firefox, which presents a window into a single web application. So visually acquire each Web service features of the independent program: a window button in the taskbar, no unnecessary menus and buttons.

The video, accompanying the emergence of Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux, shows how several operations YouTube is configured to work as a desktop application. Is available for developers upgraded API, through which they adapt their applications to the specific characteristics of Prism. Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux, like Firefox, maintain the ability to delete personal data such as username and passwords and browsing history. It is assumed that Prism will become a feature built into the next version of the browser Firefox. Competitive browser Google Chrome already has a similar function, but it lacks some of the capabilities of Prism.

Once you start Prism, you will see a window where you enter the URL of the service to use, set the name of the program and it opens a separate window.

Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux is a development of the creators of Firefox by which web applications can run on our desks, in the same way we do with local applications. Unlike Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, this is not an exclusive solution to replace the web: the goal is to meld the Web with your desktop, giving you all the functionality that local applications are on your platform. Prism allows web applications to extract the "outside" the browser and run from your desktop, an icon from within its own window, with all the same properties as a local application window: alt + tab, minimize, restore, appear on the list of applications windows in Compiz expo plugin, move to another desk or work area, get the focus, gather, etc..

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Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta 3 for Linux (8.72 MB)