Mozilla Labs stellte am Wochenende, das vor 18 Monaten angekündigte PRISM als Beta vor. Prism ist im Grunde der FireFox ohne Firefox-Layout und ermöglicht das Einbinden von Webanwendungen in die Softwareumgebung. Anwendungsbeispiel wäre bspw. Facebook, das man dann halt nichtmehr über den Browser, sondern über ein Programm-Icon aus dem Dock startet… blödes Beispiel irgendwie… Schauts Euch am besten mal selbst an…

Aus dem Mozilla-Blog:

We are particularly excited by these features because they’ve been informed by the many real-world applications currently using Prism:

• New API functionality for allowing Prism-enabled web sites more desktop like power.
• Ability to set fonts, proxy settings and other application-specific settings.
• The ability to clear private data on demand.
• Applications are automatically updated when new Prism versions are available.
• Tray icon support, as well as submenus for dock and system tray menus.
• Full OS X 10.4 support, and further OS X specific enhancement.
• Support for SSL exceptions.

You can find out more about Prism 1.0 beta and download the standalone version and Firefox extension from our new Prism website at prism.mozilla.com.