Browser as a Platform

New Firefox Beta

Posted on | October 14, 2008 | No Comments

by Rashidi Barnett

Seth Rosenblatt, with cnet.com,  just posted an article about the new Firefox Beta. Looks like they are trying keep up with Google Chrome. They have a new JavaScript engine, called TraceMonkey, which based on Seth’s estimates, is twice as fast as the current Firefox release. Woohoo!

Read the full post here on Cnet.com

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This blog will explore the thoughts and ideas of browser as a platform (BAAP). The implication is that potentially, the software based OS (Windows, MAC, etc), can go away and will be replace by a Browser based OS. We already see the trend with applications such as Google Docs , and SlideRocket that are replacements for Microsoft Office. We will review products and applications that are trying to replace desktop applications.

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