just one question, at my school we have like a proxy server thing not allowing us to get on youtube... if i was to do this and put it on a memory stick would i be able to get on youtube without the proxy thing coming up or go on a website with flash games on! I wanna know first because i don't wanna get banned from the school computers! Someone might wanna try it first. :D
Really; can't you see the usage with Google Apps, Flicker, Facebook, Zoho, Mindmeister, Corporate web applications, etc etc etc??? Not even close to Active Desktop, please...
This is a great achievement, pretty much copied by Google Chrome. I hope they get success with this; I already use it and it's fantastic.
The idea is that you can open a web page you want without really having to open up the whole browser, which can sometimes be time consuming. For instance, as you can see in the video, you can quickly check what's new in YouTube when your browser is not currently running.
It's pretty much like Windows Active Desktop, which allowed you to have a website open all the time as part of your desktop background. Pretty much useless for most people.
It may not be new technology(as they 'sell it'; i agree with you on that), but the new way of using that old js tricks has been quite groundbreaking. I feel it is like when people started to use plain-old ice blocks, to make popsicles(which IS plain-old ice after all).
I believe that web2.0, Prism, etc. are great ideas; and it's even cooler that those great ideas can be created with 'old' technology.
@EBKemanon Actually, this could be for me. I have huge browser sessions so a simple shortcut doesn't do it when i quickly want to check my webmail. I guess making a new browser profile wouldn't make it app-y enough.
lets say you just wanna go check something at a website you go in most often.. just one click gets you there rather than opening a browser and clicking to find your bookmark, Its great with cloud computing
I'm just not getting it. Why can't this be accomplished with gadgets (vista/7), or for the YouTube example, just dragging the shortcut to the desktop?
@mlbslugger62 Prism doesn't share cookies with your day2day-browser. So you can bee logged in into YouTube but not into Google on your normal browser, or Facebook so it doesn't see which websites you surf on (via their "Like" button) and so on. And if you close Firefox you don't close your Facebook/Google+ session accidentally.
uhm... WHAT?
nutellajunkie 5 months ago
just one question, at my school we have like a proxy server thing not allowing us to get on youtube... if i was to do this and put it on a memory stick would i be able to get on youtube without the proxy thing coming up or go on a website with flash games on! I wanna know first because i don't wanna get banned from the school computers! Someone might wanna try it first. :D
yeknom111222 2 years ago
It won't work, at all. Prism is just a browser without frames.
Dzwitch 2 years ago
just 2 words for you: WEB APPS.
Really; can't you see the usage with Google Apps, Flicker, Facebook, Zoho, Mindmeister, Corporate web applications, etc etc etc??? Not even close to Active Desktop, please...
This is a great achievement, pretty much copied by Google Chrome. I hope they get success with this; I already use it and it's fantastic.
gadget00 2 years ago
checkout the Wiki for "what's the point" questions... roadmap/wishlist include extensions
MoiDeCoentro 2 years ago
Let's say I'd want POW to be started when the webapp is called, and POW to be stopped when the webapp is closed, would that be possible with Prism?
Is it possible to configure this kind of stuff?
Or should one stay with the underlying xulrunner for this level of tweaking?
g2006y 2 years ago
Something different...
ghostsurfer9 2 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
copy of chrome
0p3nm1n3 2 years ago
Mozilla Prism > October 2007
Google chrome > September 2008
kubepkis 2 years ago 20
Mozilla Prism > October 2007
Fluidapp Fluid > December 2007
Google chrome > September 2008
The Fluid Dev says he's been inspired by Prism and Adobe Air.
maxmarlow 2 years ago
This way you can have things open, movies/music ect, and still keep them open even if your browser crashes or you have to restart it.
tannerstouch 2 years ago
Greasemonkey styles and scripts need to continue working with Prism.. but they don't. :(
markus9134 2 years ago 2
Its an interesting idea, but honestly, what's the point? You might as well just bookmark a page and go to it within your browser.
Volcom031792 2 years ago 5
I agree, there is no point to this whatsoever. Why not just go to the website?
LinuxGeek89 2 years ago
The idea is that you can open a web page you want without really having to open up the whole browser, which can sometimes be time consuming. For instance, as you can see in the video, you can quickly check what's new in YouTube when your browser is not currently running.
AquaraNoEx 2 years ago
It's pretty much like Windows Active Desktop, which allowed you to have a website open all the time as part of your desktop background. Pretty much useless for most people.
MixPix 2 years ago
Looks like somebody is STILL "web surfing" like its 1999...
Ever heard of Web2.0 apps?
gadget00 2 years ago
Yes I have. Just because they "rebranded" an idea doesn't mean it's any better. For the most part "Web 2.0" is a joke.
MixPix 2 years ago
It may not be new technology(as they 'sell it'; i agree with you on that), but the new way of using that old js tricks has been quite groundbreaking. I feel it is like when people started to use plain-old ice blocks, to make popsicles(which IS plain-old ice after all).
I believe that web2.0, Prism, etc. are great ideas; and it's even cooler that those great ideas can be created with 'old' technology.
PS: Hey, that was a good analogy.
gadget00 2 years ago
It's not for you. It's not for me. But if you don't understand the point of this then you are daft.
EBKemanon 2 years ago 5
@EBKemanon I don't get the point. Strip the toolbars from firefox, put a url shortcut on the desktop=prism. Revolutionary!
MillBelater 1 year ago
@EBKemanon Actually, this could be for me. I have huge browser sessions so a simple shortcut doesn't do it when i quickly want to check my webmail. I guess making a new browser profile wouldn't make it app-y enough.
VCat2006 1 year ago
lets say you just wanna go check something at a website you go in most often.. just one click gets you there rather than opening a browser and clicking to find your bookmark, Its great with cloud computing
nero786 2 years ago
I'm just not getting it. Why can't this be accomplished with gadgets (vista/7), or for the YouTube example, just dragging the shortcut to the desktop?
mlbslugger62 2 years ago
@mlbslugger62 Prism doesn't share cookies with your day2day-browser. So you can bee logged in into YouTube but not into Google on your normal browser, or Facebook so it doesn't see which websites you surf on (via their "Like" button) and so on. And if you close Firefox you don't close your Facebook/Google+ session accidentally.
JeenaParadies 1 month ago