OS.js 0.9.6

Developer: Website: License / Price: Platforms: Databases: Language: Last Updated: Category: Anders Evenrud | More scripts anderse.wordpress.com Other Free / Open Source License  Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris N/A JavaScript January 29th, 2013, 10:56 GMT [view history] C: \ Development Tools \ Complete applications

Comes packed with many browser-inspired apps, like a video player, file browser, browser, PDF viewer, music player, terminal, IRC client, and many more.

OS.js can be installed on a server, and then users can connect to it via an Internet connection and a browser.

Here are some key features of "OS.js":

· Follows strict coding standards, fully documented
· Uses HTML5 and CSS2+ features (Supported features are detected on first run.)
· Uses a light-weight PHP backend (Any language can be used here. Currently converting to Node.js)
· Lazy-loading of resources (on-demand loading to reduce bandwidth usage upon startup)
· Simple process management (process stack, kill processes etc)
· Desktop environment (Customizable settings, themes, fonts, cursors etc)
· Window Management (With standard window actions like maximize, minimize, restore, on-top and so on)
· Session Management (Save/Restore local[Storage], Create snapshots on server (for backup))
· Locales (Manage date/time, timezones and languages).
· Desktop Panels (movable)
· Desktop Panel items (See list below)
· Sandboxed Applications with API access and crash-handling
· TCP/IP Socket connections via WebSocket wrapper (hybi-00 and hybi-10)
· Application Compiler (Compiles Application+Glade-XML into JavaScript, CSS and PHP code, also minifies the code)
· VFS – Virtual Filesystem support (Block devices, Network connections, Compressed files etc. File-Alteration monitoring)
· Application WebWorkers for faster processing of complex data
· Server-Side libraries: Database, JSON, IMAP/SMTP, VFS-Operations, Misc helper functions/classes

Requirements:

· JavaScript enabled on client side

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Templates:
· Changed demo template
· Now created login automatically on DEMO mode

Core:
· Removed pimp.css, migrated to theme.default.css
· Fixed DesktopIconView context menu
· Fixed preloading item registry
· Fixed Window title position
· Inactive windows a bit more "invisible"
· DesktopIconView items now renamable
· Fixed font dialog bugs
· Now loads in IE8
· Now not relying on localStorage anymore
· SettingsManager rewritten
· Renamed Iconview -> IconView
· resources now stripped of unwanted content
· Fixed storing settings bugs

UI:
· Included new list of wallpapers

Via: OS.js 0.9.6