hi Erik, i think you may have overlooked the purpose of eyeos: when you create a folder via eyeos, you are REALLY creating a folder in the computer directory system. Idem for files. It's not a metaphor of pseudo OS. You actually control the computer at distance. so in this case, the use of a browser is excellent, because it means you can control and work on your computer at home even if you are 5000 kilometers away from home.
_____ From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Erik Beeson Sent: mercredi 13 juin 2007 13:30 To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] Re: INSPIRE: eyeos.org I watched the demo video and thought, "Gee, that's slick, but it would be amazing if they could do it without flash." Then I logged in to the demo and found it isn't using flash. That's by far the richest javascript only app I've ever seen. I can't imagine the work that goes into building something like that. It looks significantly better than HYPERLINK "http://g.ho.st"; \ng.ho.st. Having said that, I think the basic goal of implementing a traditional "operating system" UI in a browser is inherently flawed. While there may be value in a lot of the technology, I doubt the "WinXP explorer shell" look in a browser will ever take off. <rant> The OS and shell exist to mitigate interactions of applications and data. Part of the whole web2.0 thing has come about with the realization that building an application in the browser comes a bunch of benefits like cross platform, decentralized, always online, not tied to browser specific GUI, easy access to remote data, etc. Via standard communication protocols (like RSS and iCal and whatnot), online applications are able to share data across applications, and your browser allows you to run multiple online applications simultaneously (like in tabs). Effectively, the browser acts as the OS/shell for online applications. So this trend of building a "Web OS/shell" that's just a single webapp that runs in the browser just seems silly. The browser _is_ the shell, and the network is the OS. Like John Gage said in 1984, "The network is the computer". </rant> Anyways, thanks for pointing it out. It certainly is very slick. When will we see a jQuery plugin for it? ;) It is open source software after all! --Erik On 6/13/07, Alexandre Plennevaux <HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This looks amazing, clean, responsive interface to control a distant computer via an internet browser: HYPERLINK "http://www.eyeos.org/"; \nhttp://www.eyeos.org/ amazing, isn't it? Alexandre Ce message Envoi est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG. Version: 7.5.472 / Base de données virus: 269.8.15/847 - Date: 12/06/2007 21:42 Ce message Envoi est certifié sans virus connu. Analyse effectuée par AVG. Version: 7.5.472 / Base de données virus: 269.8.15/847 - Date: 12/06/2007 21:42
