Pokki: web applications inside the OS
Web applications are gaining great popularity lately. With them, we have the opportunity to do well, anything, without leaving the browser window: share photos, edit videos, watch movies, listen to music, work with mail, create presentations. There are a lot of "cloud" tools for web developers, by the way, the recent good selection .
But yes, even if it’s great - “without leaving the browser window” and so on. But at some point it starts to seem like a bust: after all, from the system as a whole, the browser is one program, and it is not very easy for the user to configure it for convenient work with applications that are accessible “from the inside”. Of course, browser extensions come to the rescue, and in the case of Chrome, such full-screen add-ons, which are called “applications”. But in any case, this means that they do not have a clear integration with the OS, for their work you need to keep the browser open, and so on.
In the case of some Chromebook, this is not a problem - there the browser is the operating system, the upper layer, it does not close anywhere. But for Windows or OSX, the problem described still exists.
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Pokki is an attempt to solve this problem by proposing a step towards bringing desktop and web applications closer. This platform allows you to download applications to the Windows taskbar and work with them as if they were part of a browser independent system.
The form factor, so to speak, is based on the familiar Apple App Store, (Chrome) Web Store and other “markets”: users can install the applications of interest in one click; developers have the opportunity to create their own applications based on the provided SDK and distribute to reach a larger audience.
By the way, Pokki is currently engaged in the fact that attracts developers to use the system. The advantages are obvious: now it's much easier, knowing the languages ​​and principles of web development (or having a ready and working web application) to go to the desktop level.
At the moment, the set of applications in Pokki is limited by the fact that its creators have added: Gmail, Twitter and Facebook agents, a PCC reader, a reader for the Wall Street Journal and applications for Groupon, eBay and Living Social. But they are made very high quality, both technically and visually. The system is very well documented , here, for example, step-by-step instructions for your first " Hello World ".
And here is a visual video, especially for developers:
The name of the project is not the most successful, perhaps, and the stage of its development is only the initial one (beta, to be exact); but the idea, in my opinion, is very good, and it would be great to see its development. I myself now think of integrating with my own developing web project, where unobtrusive, but periodic contact with the user is required, it is desirable even if it is outside the browser.
Pokki is currently only available for Windows 7 and, as already mentioned, this is only a beta release for developers. The OSX version is scheduled for the end of the year.
But yes, even if it’s great - “without leaving the browser window” and so on. But at some point it starts to seem like a bust: after all, from the system as a whole, the browser is one program, and it is not very easy for the user to configure it for convenient work with applications that are accessible “from the inside”. Of course, browser extensions come to the rescue, and in the case of Chrome, such full-screen add-ons, which are called “applications”. But in any case, this means that they do not have a clear integration with the OS, for their work you need to keep the browser open, and so on.
In the case of some Chromebook, this is not a problem - there the browser is the operating system, the upper layer, it does not close anywhere. But for Windows or OSX, the problem described still exists.
')
Pokki is an attempt to solve this problem by proposing a step towards bringing desktop and web applications closer. This platform allows you to download applications to the Windows taskbar and work with them as if they were part of a browser independent system.
The form factor, so to speak, is based on the familiar Apple App Store, (Chrome) Web Store and other “markets”: users can install the applications of interest in one click; developers have the opportunity to create their own applications based on the provided SDK and distribute to reach a larger audience.
By the way, Pokki is currently engaged in the fact that attracts developers to use the system. The advantages are obvious: now it's much easier, knowing the languages ​​and principles of web development (or having a ready and working web application) to go to the desktop level.
At the moment, the set of applications in Pokki is limited by the fact that its creators have added: Gmail, Twitter and Facebook agents, a PCC reader, a reader for the Wall Street Journal and applications for Groupon, eBay and Living Social. But they are made very high quality, both technically and visually. The system is very well documented , here, for example, step-by-step instructions for your first " Hello World ".
And here is a visual video, especially for developers:
The name of the project is not the most successful, perhaps, and the stage of its development is only the initial one (beta, to be exact); but the idea, in my opinion, is very good, and it would be great to see its development. I myself now think of integrating with my own developing web project, where unobtrusive, but periodic contact with the user is required, it is desirable even if it is outside the browser.
Pokki is currently only available for Windows 7 and, as already mentioned, this is only a beta release for developers. The OSX version is scheduled for the end of the year.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/122918/
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