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July 19, 2012 09:33 pm GMT
Most days I have only three or four browser tabs open: GMail, Twitter, Google Reader, and whatever link I've clicked through from one of the previous three. I know folks, though, who regularly have two dozen or more tabs open. All day. Every day. They struggle to remember which tab has their GMail, only to find no new mail when they get there. Pausing a Last.fm stream requires an inordinate number of clicks. Basically, the proliferation of web-based apps has made the browser an impediment to streamlined productivity.Ubuntu, the Linux distribution sponsored by Canonical, aims to remedy this situation in the upcoming 12.10 release with "Ubuntu Web Apps". A collection of Firefox plugins, Web Apps facilitate new integrations between traditional web-based applications and the Ubuntu Unity desktop environment.
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Ubuntu Web Apps Aim To Bridge BrowserDesktop Divide
Most days I have only three or four browser tabs open: GMail, Twitter, Google Reader, and whatever link I've clicked through from one of the previous three. I know folks, though, who regularly have two dozen or more tabs open. All day. Every day. They struggle to remember which tab has their GMail, only to find no new mail when they get there. Pausing a Last.fm stream requires an inordinate number of clicks. Basically, the proliferation of web-based apps has made the browser an impediment to streamlined productivity.Ubuntu, the Linux distribution sponsored by Canonical, aims to remedy this situation in the upcoming 12.10 release with "Ubuntu Web Apps". A collection of Firefox plugins, Web Apps facilitate new integrations between traditional web-based applications and the Ubuntu Unity desktop environment.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/VbuTFqFUOnM/
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