Comments on: A brave new world of OS http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2006/12/01/a-brave-new-world-of-os/ shiftperception.010 blog Sat, 15 May 2010 14:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: OJ http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2006/12/01/a-brave-new-world-of-os/comment-page-1/#comment-343 OJ Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:13:26 +0000 http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2006/12/01/a-brave-new-world-of-os/#comment-343 Not for a long time, if ever. As apps become more complicated, browsers will eventually become heavier and end up becoming an OS - only substantially worse at performing the tasks required by so many desktop users. Sure, if you want to read stuff, write stuff and browse stuff you probably don't need much more. But gamers, developers, and a lot of power users will always require a fast OS that does a lot more for them than a simple browser. I for one will never be an advocate of Browser-OS (tm) :) Not for a long time, if ever. As apps become more complicated, browsers will eventually become heavier and end up becoming an OS – only substantially worse at performing the tasks required by so many desktop users. Sure, if you want to read stuff, write stuff and browse stuff you probably don’t need much more. But gamers, developers, and a lot of power users will always require a fast OS that does a lot more for them than a simple browser.

I for one will never be an advocate of Browser-OS ™ :)

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