Posted by darwinist on 08/08/06 02:50

http://darwinist.googlepages.com/htmldesktop.html

What's the point of something like this?

As a php programmer, everything is already there for me, except a
decent client-gui system. I could write php-gtk apps, but they're not
as easy or as portable, html is php's native interface, and so maybe
with some javascript...

Does anybody else get frustrated at how long it can take to learn
something apparently simple in javascript, and how quickly it can be
forgotten because of the complicated syntax; or else how often it can
be discovered that ones solution was based on a browser-specific
feature?

It may just be me, but for this reason I've made a collection of
working, browser-independent scripts that produce an example windowing
system and desktop environment, including a command line and a short
manual.

If any of this sounds like it would be useful to you, feel free to
check it out. It's all one page, the source is well commented, and
although I wrote it I am not trying to own it. Copy as much or as
little as you want, make modifications and sell them.

It gets updated periodically (when I feel like it) so please feel free
to criticise or contribute. Feel free also to make a better version,
either from scratch or based on mine, so that I have something to
compete with and so that others can have more to choose from.

I invite your opinions.

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