indradesktop v1.4 beta
Last Update: 2010-03-15
Last Update: 2010-03-15
IndraDesktop
Indradesktop WebOS (Web Operating System) is a
multi-platform web application with operating system features which allows the integration of other web applications in a common environment accessible from anywhere via web browser (Mozilla and IE compatible).
multi-platform web application with operating system features which allows the integration of other web applications in a common environment accessible from anywhere via web browser (Mozilla and IE compatible).
IndraDesktop Sourceforge project
can be accessed here 
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IndraDesktop was created as a spin off development of
FLEXO project
consisting on an accesible and adaptable learning system.
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IndraDesktop was created as a spin off development of
FLEXO project
consisting on an accesible and adaptable learning system.
Features:
- Windows-like interface with icons, start menu and taskbar.
- Allows integration of multiple URLs or Web applications. This applications can be inside the desktop application (for instance a notepad) or in a external Web Server (for instance a Gmail window)
- User configuration and session persistence.
- Constraint and role system to create restricted applications.
- Users can have a remote filesystem on server.
- Skins support. A skin can modify CSS and images or can add new elements and modify existing ones by means of javascript language. Skins can define user-configurable parameters such as a personalized background image or a specific date format.
- Widget support.
- Multiple virtual desktops support.
- Simple but powerful Javascript API for applications to manipulate desktop objects such as windows, session, etc.
- JavaScript event system which makes easy to communicate among applications without browser frame/window structure problems
- It offers a new file format for installing content on the desktop: DAP (Desktop APPlication). A DAP is a renamed zip file with a specific structure. It may contain the XML definition of some URLs and its asociated icons, full applications or skins.
- Internationalization support (Initially in English and Spanish, with a possible extension to any other language)