Notanos

Dev tools

desktop environment

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Notanos

Building an HTML5 Desktop environment with a minimal server component

github.com

#html5 desktop#web desktop environment#javascript os#window manager

68points
16comments
#369of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.

Idea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool idea and project

    From 3 comments
    • This is great! I just got a raspberry pi and was looking into running a browser as a kiosk and making a file manager that works with a gamepad as the only input device. Also…
      jplur on HN
    • Super cool idea. I already write apps in js and HTML so this would be a natural extension for me. I never learned Java and just went straight into server side programming and…
      websitescenes on HN
    • Different implementation of a similar idea: https://github.com/grimwire/grimwire grimwire appears to be somewhat further along, although still in alpha. both are very cool…
      jnbiche on HN

Questions

  • Does it have a browser?

    From 1 comment
    • The important question is Does it have a browser?
      dreen on HN
  • Were the bundled apps written from scratch or ported?

    From 1 comment
    • All the apps like ckEditor, Pacmini ... (notanos/notanos/apps) were those developed from scratch in JS or ported ?
      eddywebs on HN

Alternatives named

  • Grimwire

    From 1 comment
    • Different implementation of a similar idea: https://github.com/grimwire/grimwire grimwire appears to be somewhat further along, although still in alpha. both are very cool…
      jnbiche on HN
  • Firefox OS

    From 2 comments
    • Firefox OS would seem to be the most "real" open-source attempt at an OS with a fully (superset of) HTML5 UI-layer.
      themgt on HN
    • @Lerc: I think its pretty cool you decided to write your own. I'm working something similar, for a different use case. I'm looking at something more embedded, for Cortex-M4[1]…
      neurotech1 on HN
  • Lively Kernel

    From 1 comment
    • Lively Kernel anyone? http://www.lively-kernel.org/lively/
      pjmlp on HN
  • Tizen

    From 1 comment
    • @Lerc: I think its pretty cool you decided to write your own. I'm working something similar, for a different use case. I'm looking at something more embedded, for Cortex-M4[1]…
      neurotech1 on HN

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