Okay, I hope it's clear that no one is talking about a Browser BEING an Operating System. Yes, an OS handles all kinds of under-the-hood things that the Browser never even thought of. Which is why a Browser runs on top of an OS-- so it doesn't have to think about pesky things like "device drivers" and "interrupt handling." So on the technical side, I don't think it's going to be useful to talk about how a browser IS an OS.
Andrei wrote: > You've gone from talking about OS versus Browser App to talking about the > difference between Browser App versus Native App. > But we can talk about what it might mean if there was an OS whose sole function was to run a browser, a la Chrome OS. Kim, tell me if I'm off here, but I think with your post you wanted to say that Browser apps and Native apps are becoming one in the same: Once you've got a web-only terminal with a well-equipped browser, most people have everything they would need to do with a computer. For anything that's missing, we have umpteen different platforms to fill them out with. Eventually, petty things like "who runs what OS" will become even more petty. - Nasir ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
