Star Gazelle: Applying Operating System Concepts to the Browser
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Jul 2009 22:08 UTC
Internet & Networking Web browsers have become ever more important for our computers. Instead of the browser displaying static HTML pages, they now handle complex web applications, ranging from social networking to text editors to online banking, and everything in between. While some browsers have finally started treating the browser more like an operating system (Chrome and Internet Explorer 8), those are just baby steps. The real thing is coming with Microsoft's Gazelle, a research project which applies operating system concepts to the browser.
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Cool.
by gehersh on Tue 7th Jul 2009 23:32 UTC
gehersh
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2006-01-03

Now when the browser is having problems drawing a page, it'll show the Blue Screen of Death, and I'll have to reboot.

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RE: Cool.
by drstorm on Wed 8th Jul 2009 00:36 in reply to "Cool."
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2009-04-24

How is that a new thing?

I'd call this a BSOD. Wouldn't you agree? ;)
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/144/bsod.png

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RE[2]: Cool.
by l3v1 on Wed 8th Jul 2009 06:11 in reply to "RE: Cool."
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2005-07-06

Well, you see, it's not really blue... ;)

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