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Web applications and the Desktop An open source perspective Owen Taylor Christopher Aillon otaylor@redhat.com W3C workshop for Web Applications San Jose, CA June 2004 Background Open source desktop Linux, *BSD, Solaris GNOME,

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Web applications and the Desktop

An open source perspective Owen Taylor Christopher Aillon

taylor@redhat.com

W3C workshop for Web Applications San Jose, CA June 2004

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Background

Open source desktop

– Linux, *BSD, Solaris – GNOME, KDE, ...

Very diverse environment

– Multiple toolkits: GTK+, Qt, Java, XUL, OpenOffice, ... – Multiple looks

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Webapps and the Desktop

Developer convergence

– Common technologies – Is the “desktop app” dead?

User convergence

– Seamless integration – Match look + feel

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Thin standardization

Standardize infrastructure, not entire toolkits
Goal: download application + toolkit from web
Toolkit development should be freewheeling

– Open source – Commercial

Don't pull in huge stack of standards

– Implementation barrier – Confusing for developers

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Different models

UI Content Application Toolkit Content UI Structure Appearance Conventional “XForms”

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Different models

UI Content Application Toolkit Content UI Structure Appearance Conventional “XForms” Anything goes?

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Different models

UI Content Application Toolkit Content UI Structure Appearance Conventional “XForms”

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Theming

Not Content/UI separation but Structure/Look

separation

Point of interaction between desktop toolkit +

webapps?

GTK+ GTK+ Themes Windows XUL Qt Aqua

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Theming (2)

Can we standardize what a theme looks like?

Webapps Magic theme box Windows Open source desktop Aqua GTK+ Qt ? ?