Convert Web Apps. To Desktop Apps.: Prism
Mozilla Prism (previously known as WebRunner) is an application that enables users to run web applications directly on their desktop. And, for developers, offers ways to make them act like desktop applications.
It is a very easy-to-use tool that simply asks you which URL to wrap, whether to sit on the system-tray and creates a shortcut for the new application. Once clicked, the URL mentioned runs in a desktop application.
With the help of a scripting support, developers can add events to their web applications to trigger actions like displaying system-tray notifications or popups.
It allows you to style (overwrite the default styles) the web application via CSS.
Prism also offers more customization options like enabling you to choose the icon for the application to be created, whether the navigation bar or navigation keys will be displayed & more.
It comes in two flavors:
- as a Firefox extension
- as a desktop application
Prism can run both on Windows & Mac OS X.
Website: http://prism.mozilla.com/
Download: http://prism.mozilla.com/started/
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6 Responses for "Convert Web Apps. To Desktop Apps.: Prism"
This is something most users don’t appreciate at the right value but it’s something extremely attractive especially if it has the right cookie management.
Nice one, I’ll try it out. Your blog is incredibly good, all these resources. I really like the jQuery and Ajax scripts, which I use for my projects.
Thanks for sharing and keep it up!
Google chrome … make shortcut … done!
Prism also runs on Linux.
Rudy, you’re a tool.
Prism’s been around for 2 years prior to Chrome. And Chrome still doesn’t support all websites. I do use Chromium, but I still use Prism because their webapps support is better. You can actually pick what to name and easily delete the shortcuts.
Can I log OS activity like crashes, recovery, etc. using Prism? I would like to know what would, if at all, crash my application or cause it to behave abnormally. Is it possible to maintain a log using Prism? Thanks in advance.