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clevin

macrumors G3
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Aug 6, 2006
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Previously I suggested Speed dial and FireGestures.

This is a firefox 3 only extension.

Prism is a Mozilla Labs product that create stand alone web app, who runs like a normal app, has its only executable binary, its own place in dock, and independent from any running copy of firefox.

download is here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6665

a brief review http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/mozilla-expands-prism-desktop.html

Step by step

1.goto any website (such as google calendar, meebo, etc) choose Tools->convert website to application
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2.adjust any parameter you want (still some bug, icon can't be changed in this version)
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3.an application will be created on desktop (or application folder, depends on your choice in step 2), this app has all the attribute of a normal app.
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4. run the web app, it will open an independent window, just like an normal app.
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Im sure not everybody need/like/want it, but its fun.
 
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