Carbyn: an "operating system" in HTML5
Carbyn is an operating system running directly in a browser with support for multitasking.
Since the introduction of the first web application, allowing users to bypass software installed locally we see flourishing on both sides of the Web OS concept of a few purely focused towards web use. From Jolicloud to eyeOS through ChromeOS everyone tries to make the web as native as possible. The blog TechCrunch shows the startup of Carbyn that has concocted a kind of system directly accessible from any browser that supports the HTML5 standard. In this case, Carbyn can operate on the iPad, Android tablets, the RIM playbook, and also on Mac or PC.
Like the web version of Jolicloud, Carbyn has a kiosk web applications. However, rather than proposing a simple application launcher, we find the management of multitasking. Carbyn indeed offers its own development kit for encapsulating a web application and present, not in a new tab, but overlaying the site acting as a mobile operating system. In addition to a web application manager, Carbyn also offers APIs that allows applications to communicate. "We have a file system and a messaging layer for communications between applications," said one of the developers.
As the HTML5 is the heart of this website Carbyn, using programming interfaces and Local Storage to allow caching data for offline consultation and synchronization later. If we can question the interest of having to use a real OS to start a browser, which in turn will charge some sort of OS hosted, Carbyn has the merit of showing the possibilities offered by new technologies of HTML. The service is currently in private beta.
Re: Carbyn: an "operating system" in HTML5
Supported by all modern browsers, including the latest versions of those you probably already use, Carbyn transforms all of them into virtual offices. There is nothing to install to use Carbyn: simply launch the browser, connect to your Carbyn account, and it can be reached at anyone's office, consisting of icons pointing to your favorite webapps.
