We’re happy to announce the Prism prototype is now available for Mac and Linux! We’re also releasing an updated version for Windows that resolves some of the issues users have encountered.
Download the Prism prototype for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.
Prism now provides a cross-platform way to integrate the web platform with the desktop environment, and developers don’t have to lift a finger to desktop-enable their web applications, while users have the choice to use their favorite web apps in their browser, on their desktop of choice, or in both places.
Incidentally, we’re working on a simple way to open a web application in Prism directly from Firefox (no separate Prism download required), and here are some more ideas folks have suggested to us for improving desktop-web integration:
- allowing web applications to register to handle particular content types;
- drag-and-drop support for uploading files to web applications;
- support for running applications offline (local storage, offline/online event notifications, caching of application components, etc.).
We’d like to see these sorts of features standardized as part of the web platform so they become available to Prism, Firefox and other web-enabled applications. The WHATWG is already standardizing content type handling and offline support in its HTML5 spec, and offline support is already available in Prism and development versions of Firefox 3!
We’d love to hear more ideas for improving Prism and desktop-web integration, so keep the feedback coming! Tell us which web apps you’ve been using in Prism and how it changes the way you use those apps. Report problems you’ve encountered or features you’d like to see in future versions. You can even check out the code and contribute changes!
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[...] Prism Prototype Now Available for Mac and Linux [...]
Will there be printing functionality on the Mac version?
I have found a work-around for the bug that prevents Prism from running under Linux when there is supposedly more than one instance of Prism running. This is a false alarm and suddenly occurs for no obvious reason. Killing the process and/or restarting does not help.
The problem appears to be caused by a corrupted profile. The work-around is to start Prism from a terminal by typing:
prism -ProfileManager
Delete the current profile and then create a new one from within the profile management window. Prism will now start.
I have no idea why the profile would get corrupted in the first place. This is certainly a bug and needs to be fixed. The workaround is only a temporary solution.
You can get the same affect of this application just by dragging your bookmarks to your desktop. I gave it a try, but it’s just a superfluous program. Sorry guys, good try though. =T
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[...] nachmittags · Gespeichert unter webtrends mozilla hat schon vor längerer zeit das programm prism (damals webrunner) in der version 0.8 veröffentlicht. prism ist dazu konzipiert, um web2.0 [...]
Q: Why Should we use an SSB?
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A: http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/12/16/everyone-should-use-site-specific-browsers/
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If you use OS X I reccomend Fluid: http://fluidapp.com/
[...] Więcej informacji na temat nowego testowego Prisma znaleźć można na blogu twórców. [...]
[...] der Firefox-Engine Gecko basierende Prism steht für Windows, Mac OS X und Linux zum kostenfreien Download bereit; Das ebenfalls kostenfreie Fluid sei allen Leopard-Usern wärmstens empfohlen – die [...]
Well, the Prism prototype needs to be tested..
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I configured Prism for Google calendar and liked it so much I wanted to run Gmail in another instance. I renamed the Prism application file and double-clicked to configure it and Got the error:
“A copy of Prism is already open. Only one copy of Prism can be open at a time.”
Is there any way to run web apps at the same time? It seems that this would be key to making this a useful application.
Hi, I really like the concept of Prism.
Having played around a bit I think I have a few things that I’d like to see:
- Could you make it possible to configure the window size to automatically resize to a fixed size/aspect ratio in the initial setup screen. I am envisaging that people might want to use multiple Prism programs simultaneously (like widgets).
- I’d like to have the option to disable page scrolling
- It would be great to be able to create the option to generate customized menus (and corresponding key commands) specific to each web app
Some observations about interface:
- Gmail seems really clunky in Prism – when I’m using prism without all the usual browser interface elements I feel quite different about page layout – I expect buttons to be larger and I don’t want to scroll down the page if at all possible
- I want to use shortcut key commands in a different way
- I really expect less ‘distractions’ than are usually present in a webpage
- If I use twitter the page is far to big – I would a smaller version in a little window in the corner of my screen
- Flash apps like Flickr Organiser seem much more natural to use than most AJAX apps
prism sucks! this is no “program”
use “fluid” 1000% better!!
[...] Descargar Prism Fuente Internet, Linux, Macintosh [...]
How about FreeBSD support? It should not be hard to port it on to FreeBSD when you have it working on Linux.
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Cant create shorcut on Desktop.
Using localized version of ubuntu gutsy,
so my “Desktop” dir i s not “Desktop”.
Tried to create ta new folder called Desktop but no luck…
Thaks you Mozilla..
Ow.. Fan Club..
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[...] I felt a bit ashamed using Adobe AIR. Inspired by garrett’s stylesheet tweets, I created a Prism app bundle that makes Twitter main web-interface nice and compact. It wouldn’t be complete [...]
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Prism rocks!
I use it for Google Calendar and it starts up way faster than any other calendar-system i’ve tried.
I felt a bit ashamed using Adobe AIR. Inspired by garrett’s stylesheet tweets, I created a Prism app bundle that makes Twitter main web-interface nice and compact. It wouldn’t be complete
[...] Como ejemplo, tenia creado una aplicacion para Google Reader y otra para gTalk. Mas tarde conoci a Mozilla Prism, con funcionalidades similares a [...]
Itz cool, but in Leopard seems it uses CPU resources
[...] particular URL. There are two options: Fluid based on the same WebKit engine behind Safari, and Prism based on the Gecko engine behind Firefox and Camino. With either of these you can actually create a [...]
[...] Prism για Mac OS X, Linux και Windows. [...]
[...] to integrate the Widgetop webtop into your Windows desktop or your Linux desktop with the help of Mozillas Prism platform. While you can use Prism to add Widgetop to your Mac there is a much better alternative – Fluid. [...]
Implement 2 things, a way for the web apps to support the OS’s system tray, and a notification plugin like a popup on msn for new emails etc.
[...] Mozilla объявили о доступности тестовой версии проекта Prism для [...]
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[...] Como ejemplo, tenia creado una aplicacion para Google Reader y otra para gTalk. Mas tarde conoci a Mozilla Prism, con funcionalidades similares a [...]
[...]Muito antes do Chrome existir a Mozilla Labs já estava disponibilizando o Prism (antigo Webrunner)[...]
[...] Mac disfrutamos de las aplicaciones mencionadas antes: Mozilla Prism, Fluid y Prism for Firefox. Todas funcionan muy bien, pero desafortunadamente Prism se ha quedado [...]
Well Mozilla rocks.. I am sure the Mobile version of soon to release firefox will kick ass
[...] I ended up with, is Prism which is a tab-as-application browser based on [...]
How do you use this? What does URL mean.. I thought it was like the converter for windows.
It would really be cool if you could allow prism to be docked to the system tray and hide the task bar button. Specific uses for this would be online radio stations. I want a stripped down memory efficient tool that doesn’t take up space on the task bar.
Wonderful! This is just what I was looking for. Web apps are great, but opening a browser can be too cumbersome sometimes. I love the quick access, and the fact that it’s made by Mozilla, so all those web standards are still intact! Thanks, Mozilla!
Nice programme.
Still, print support is important part of any desktop application, as well as web application.
So, this is a wish list.
All the best.