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How to Move Web Applications to Your Desktop

Although many people have their favorite apps setup as their homepage on their browsers, there are times when running a app inside its own window - in a separate process - could come handy. Think about having your clogged up with way above 30-40 tabs open and crashing at random times.

Then, you will just have to open it again and fire up the interface you were working with at the time of the crash. A app will automatically eliminate the need of restarting your work flow all over again just because a buggy decided that he had enough.

That’s only a quick example why one would need a app to run on its . To be able to do it, you will have to use an developed by and named Prism. It enables the end user to easily integrate any type of into a friendly environment.

Why use it

Most probably the final users of the apps will be those who don’t know a lot about computers, the kind of people who consider a app like a distinct . This is actually a good thing if you see it from the developer’s point of view because, this way, people will tend not to think that they are on the .

Thus, the app will get a temporary status of , a fact that, added up to the lack of toolbars and other specific elements, will help the end user to get a lot more focus on the task at hand and greatly reduce distractions.

Wondering what other uses you might have for such an app? Well, you could use it to stay logged on into a calendar account without having to re-login when switching between your accounts, easily access a local app inside a business environment where you do not need a full browsing experience, and the list could go on.

Also, Prism will allow the developers to easily create apps that can run on Prism without having to worry about specifically targeting Prism, because a app that will run in a modern standards compliant will automatically be able to run in Prism.

Prism is an built on , therefore it is cross-platform (runs on OS X, and ) and supports technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

How to use it

First of all, go HERE and Prism to your . After mounting the downloaded dmg file, copy Prism to your Applications folder and run it by double clicking on its icon.

In the window that will appear you will get access to all the options you will need to configure the app you want to create. I have chosen the app as an example, but you can migrate to your any other app you may want to.

In the URL field fill in the link to the app you have chosen and write down the name that Prism should give it after making it available on your . The ‘Show location bar’, ‘Show status message and progress’ and ‘Enable navigation keys’ can be selected or left as they are according to your own taste. In case you want your app to only be able to go to a single location (like the aforementioned for example), be sure not to select the location bar.

The ‘Create ’ option sub-group will help you choose the places where you want the app to be available and the ‘Icon’ option will allow you to quickly select an image that you wan to associate with the app you want to create. You will be able to choose between the app’s fav icon (as it is called in the Prism interface ‘the icon from the ’) or to select a custom image from your .

The next step is to push the OK button and Prism will take care of everything. The app will be available on your , Dock and/or Applications Folder, according to what you have chosen on the app creation interface.

Who would use it

I suppose many people will not get the idea behind the Prism project and will think it is just a feature-less . That’s what I’ve thought in the beginning too but, after considering all the things everyone had to say ( developers, users, people who don’t have a lot of know-how), I think Prism might prove very useful in the business environment.

Here, when somebody wants to access a app, the need for toolbars and all types of add-ons and buttons is almost close to zero, therefore being able to access the app in a and focused environment should prove very helpful in maximizing the amount of attention on the task at hand and, in the end, creating a more productive environment.

I’m not saying others won’t find it useful too (the Calendar example above should fit the profiles of a lot of people), it’s just that this type of approach doesn’t feel natural to most users. Many have already said it just resembles too much making a shortcut to the actual website where the app runs or even giving up on the multi-tabbed experience.

Whatever your position on this subject may be, feel free to comment and leave your opinion on the usefulness of Prism in a world dominated by multi-tab capable browsers like Safari, , , and many others.

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2008 Has Not Been Kind to Windows Vista

The beginning of 2008 has not been kind to Vista. ’s latest , applauded as the most secure version of available on the market, needs to start licking its many wounds. The Redmond company has been performing a vulnerability counting game throughout 2007,comparing Vista with XP, as well as with direct competitors and , in terms of the volume of vulnerabilities affecting each platform. And as it looks that transformed the vulnerabilities comparison in somewhat of a tradition over the course of the past year, the company is bound to a recount.

“As part of our regularly scheduled bulletin release, we’re currently planning to release 12 Bulletins– seven Critical and five Important. These updates will require a restart and will be detectable using the Baseline Analyzer and the Enterprise Scan Tool. As we do each month, the Malicious Software Removal Tool will be updated. Finally, we are planning to release seven high-priority, non- updates on Update and Server Update Services (WSUS) as well as two high-priority, non- updates on Update and Server Update Services (WSUS),” stated Bill Sisk, Response Center Communications Manager. (more…)

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Moving Files from Windows to Mac

When you make the switch from a Windows box to a Mac, you are going to need to copy all of your data files over to the Mac. The quickest way to do that is over a network. Yes, you can use “old school” media such as CDs, DVDs or USB thumb drives, but this is very tedious and will take forever. Networking the Windows and Mac machines is actually not very hard. It is not quite as straightforward as networking two Windows machines together, but if I can manage to do it on my second day using OS X, it can’t be too hard. (more…)

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Firefox on an Infected Copy of Windows

Internet Explorer and Firefox are in a constant race for both the lion’s share of the browser market and for the top dog position when it comes down to which of the two products is more locked down from a security perspective. In terms of audience Internet Explorer has little contest from Firefox, although the open source browser has increased substantially its foothold on the market growing its share to approximately 15% at the end of October 2007, according to data from Net Applications. In contrast, IE accounts for the largest install base with 78%.

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Leopard Flies Off the Shelf, But Glitches Reported

The long awaited and much anticipated launch of the latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, codenamed Leopard, has resulted in the usual round of craziness from Apple’s adoring fans. Early adopters camped outside stores to be first in the queue, and what a queue it was! Early estimates suggest that around 9 percent of OS X users upgraded to Leopard in the first couple of days of it going on sale, and at $129 a pop that’s a welcome boost to the Apple coffers.

There’s been a fair amount of excitement surrounding the launch but the claimed 300 ‘New’ features have been widely dismissed as hype, and one or two commentators have pointed out that a couple of them bear an uncanny resemblance to features in Windows Vista, which Leopard is clearly designed to challenge. (more…)

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