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Traditional desktop and new web applications continue to blur - Prism

Mozilla Labs is launching a series of experiments to bridge the divide in the user experience between web applications and desktop apps and to explore new usability models as the line between traditional desktop and new web applications continues to blur.

Prism is a piece of software which integrates web applications such as Gmail or Google Reader into the desktop. The program enables you to run multiple such sites as though they were local applications, each in their own dedicated browser window. The product isn't entirely new, but is an officially adopted and rebranded update to the Site-Specific Browser project WebRunner (not to be confused with XULRunner upon which it is built)

It supports rich internet technologies like HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

http://labs.mozilla.com/2007/10/prism/, download prototype Prism for Windows
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