Audience
Individuals looking for a web operating system
About Webian Shell
Webian Shell is a browser-based operating system UI dedicated to using the web. The system back button is a browser back button, the window manager is a tab manager and any web page can be used as the home screen. It stores apps, bookmarks and browsing history which can be synced between devices using Webian Home. Previously Webian Shell has used XULRunner, Mozilla Chromeless and B2G from Mozilla, but all of these projects have now been discontinued. Gecko is no longer seen as a platform for building applications, just the back end of Firefox. During the transition of B2G to the community, I thought it would be possible for me to continue using B2G OS as a base, using the new simplified architecture we had created with a split between system chrome and system web services.
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Webian Shell
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