Mozilla Labs is played with a prism

Mozilla Labs announced the start of a series of experiments on the integration of web applications on the desktop user. The purpose of the initiative is to research and search for usability models that may be in demand in this area. The announcement on the Mozilla Labs Blog emphasizes that "unlike Adobe AIR and Microsoft Silverlight, we are not trying to build a closed platform to replace the web."


As a basis for the first experiment, the WebRunner was taken - a simple XULRunner based browser, which was moved to the Mozilla repository and renamed Prism. So far, the technology is very simple: with its help, you can add shortcuts to the required web application on the desktop or in the menu.


When you click on a shortcut in the browser that is launched with the settings specified when the shortcut is added, this application will be launched.
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At the moment, the gizmo is available only for the win platform, but they also promise linux with mac. Those interested can download and play.

So far, the technology is extremely simple, but according to the developers, at the moment they are working on implementing deeper integration with the user's computer, such as things like providing access to local data, working with 3d, etc. It is nice that our developers take part in the work:

Prism is the leader of the Prism of the Falkers and Wessim Palant, Sylvain Pasche, Alex Faaborg, and Myk Melez.