Mozilla Labs Showcases a Browser Desktop

[Guest]

Mozilla's Mozilla Labs can be a confusing showcase of ideas, at least occasionally.

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[livebriand]

Don't take the same wrong path that Google did. Seriously, these browser-only systems suck. They are incapable. Why would I buy one when I can get a far more capable Windows machine for the same price (or less)?

 

[agnickolov]

This is not an OS - this is a shell. So this is not like Google's Chrome OS at all. Think of it as Windows 3.x running on top of DOS, whereas Chrome OS is more like Windows 95 or OS/2.

 

[eddieroolz]

I think Mozilla should work on getting Firefox up to speed with the competition. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Silmarunya]

No. No. No. *facepalm*.

1) Don't try to make a knock-off of someone else's idea unless it's truly superior or you got the marketing muscle to sweep the competition off its feet. As much as I like Mozilla, they lack both compared to Google.

2) Why would you want such a browser based OS? As the reviewer said, Mac and Windows (and Linux!) are learning to play nice with web apps, but offer so much more on top of that. And lightweight? There are plenty of Linux distro's designed specifically for being light. They make Chrome OS look bloated, yet offer full desktop functionality.

 

[sykozis]

[citation][nom]agnickolov[/nom]This is not an OS - this is a shell. So this is not like Google's Chrome OS at all. Think of it as Windows 3.x running on top of DOS, whereas Chrome OS is more like Windows 95 or OS/2.[/citation]
Win9x ran on top of Dos6.x....as opposed to Dos5.x as Win1-3.x needed. ChromeOS would be more like WinNT.... which, even that would be wrong as ChromeOS is little more than a modified version of the Chrome browser running on top of Linux.

 

[fir_ser]

Maybe Mozilla Labs is thinking of launching its own OS in the future.