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Pandora on the Desktop
03.Jun.08 | 2 Comments
The Pandora blog announced the beta of Pandora Desktop today. It runs on Adobe AIR and offers a couple new features that you don’t get from the web version.
The biggest new feature is the ability to minimize it to the tray. Still get your music rolling but no “desktop clutter.”
Another nice feature is the [...]
Prism 0.9 Released: Icon Support!
10.Mar.08 | Leave a Comment
Mozilla Labs announced the 0.9 release of their Prism project today. I’ve mentioned it a few times, but for those new to Prism, here’s the pitch:
Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop.
In other words, treat web [...]
Getting Flash to Work With Prism in Linux
19.Jan.08 | 4 Comments
I’ve mentioned a few times that I like to use Mozilla’s Prism to run some of my web applications. Today I attempted to get Google Talk going in Prism on my little Linux Xubuntu laptop and hit some challenges.
Specifically, no Flash.
That’s odd. On my Windows machines Prism runs Flash stuff just fine. But hey, Linux [...]
How Have You Used Prism?
20.Dec.07 | 8 Comments
Remember Mozilla Prism? I mentioned it a couple of months ago and since then I’ve been using it pretty seriously. As I tend to use a lot of web apps, I was curious to see how Prism would fit into my habits. I was also curious to see if it is worth messing with.
The [...]
WebRunner Begat Prism
27.Oct.07 | 2 Comments
Just a week ago I wrote about Mozilla’s WebRunner. It was an interesting approach at “site specific browsing” but a bit of pain to build configs for — ok, not really, but not as simple as one might like.
Enter “Prism“, a new Mozilla Labs project:
Prism is an application that lets users split web applications out [...]


