[BNM] Web based browser?

[Alan Newman]

>>> the point is to open your browser in a browser

Yeah, zackerely.

Of course I see where you are coming from, totally.

But at the end of the day you need a terminal to use a browser. The terminal
has to exist somewhere, just like the browser to view the browser has to
exist somewhere.

Really, we are talking net "PC" here. You log on to a dumb terminal, and it
goes and fetches a profile from a central location....which provides you
with your software as required.

Didn't Sun try this a few years back....?

- Alan


-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Russell [mailto:joshbnm at gmail.com]
Sent: 02 August 2006 10:44
To: Brighton New Media
Subject: Re: [BNM] Web based browser?


no.

the point is to open your browser in a browser, but for the containing
browser to be generic, no added thrills, and for the inner browser to
contain all your personal settings and plugins.

you browse to http://www.mybroswer.com and login to your browser.

simple.



On 8/2/06, Alan Newman <alan at sensibledevelopment.com> wrote:
> >>> Can a web based browser work? Is it even possible? Is there already
such
> a
> thing?
>
> Wouldn't you inherently need a "browser" (or client) to actually view/use
> the internet based browser.
>
> Chicken and egg...
>
> Just to be silly, doesn't this argument logically extend to - can I have
an
> internet based PC, please?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: delarge [mailto:delargerock at gmail.com]
> Sent: 02 August 2006 10:16
> To: Brighton New Media
> Subject: [BNM] Web based browser?
>
>
> Hello all
>
> As we probably know / are finding out - most useful tools for the web are
> based on the web....
>
> delicious/netvibes/gmail etc etc
>
> all freeing us from one computer - it seems the only thing that still
> doesn't seem to be going this way are browsers. At home I have a bunch of
FF
> extensions installed - but a new PC at work means a bit of an ordeal to
get
> it in line with my other home set up and get me the extensions I am used
to.
>
> Can a web based browser work? Is it even possible? Is there already such a
> thing?
>
>
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