[H]omer wrote:
> The first time I saw something like this was YouOS (www.youos.com),
> and it was instantly impressive. Launching a browser *inside* a
> browser, running an OS, running a browser, and so on, like a recursive
> double-mirror effect to infinity, has got to be one of the weirdest
> things I've ever seen.
I can't make that happen (at least w/ the 'Try a Demo' option in Firefox).
When I try to open www.youos.com twice, it just hangs on the 2nd
'...creating demo user...'
> One point of contention though; isn't it more accurate to describe
> these things as Window Managers in a browser environment (DOM), than
> actual Operating Systems?
eyeOS calls itself a WebOS, and uses Javascript and PHP. youOS is composed
of Javascript objects. Neither are an actual operating system, but are
pretty nice pieces of work.
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