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Gtk 3.2 Will Let You Run Applications In a Browser

Posted by timothy on from the never-get-off-the-merry-go-'round dept.

An anonymous reader submits this intriguing tidbit: "Gtk+ 3.2 will let you run any application in a browser thanks to the new HTML5 gdk backend. That means you'll be able to run GIMP, Gedit, a video editor or whatever, remotely (or on the same computer), using a web browser. Just imagine the possibilities!" At this point, says the article, it's only possible with Firefox 4.

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  1. Why exactly? by vux984 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Why exactly do I want do this?

    And more importantly, can I run firefox 4 in firefox 4 in firefox 4 in firefox 4?

    1. Re:Why exactly? by Tiger+Smile · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have answered your first question with your seconds question.

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    2. Re:Why exactly? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

      No programs should ever migrate to the web.

      What if they migrate back to the desktop every spring?

  2. Just imagine the possibilities!" by radtea · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't... I'm too busy imagining the performance...

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  3. Re:Standards people! by francium+de+neobie · · Score: 4, Informative

    HTML5 is still a draft standard and in common usage it usually refers to a bunch of stuff like an in-browser video codec, WebGL, DOM data storage, canvas, geo location data support, etc. - almost all of which are not uniformly supported across all "HTML5" browsers - and that's especially true for IE9.

  4. Not really running in a browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    More accurately, GTK 3.2 will let you take a GTK program running /outside/ the browser and, assuming it does not use anything X11-specific, forward drawing as gzipped data: URIs to your browser which then assembles things in a element. It's basically a poor reimplementation of a VNC that only works in GTK. Significantly more interesting would be a GTK that draws with PPAPI and runs in NaCl, which would allow you to develop a web app using GTK, deploy it on the web, and run it (safely) within your browser.