That sounds like "3d games in Windows?" in 1995, or any other "$perf_sucking_app in $new_environment".
The "browser" that's going to run Photoshop 2015 won't be Netscape 3. It'll have a JIT'd JS engine (so it'll be really fast), it'll have local storage (so you don't need to upload anything), it'll have efficient graphics libraries (so it can use your video card), it'll have native-feeling controls, and so on.
It's a "browser" only in that it's a continuous upgrade from our beloved Netscape, but it won't look much like Netscape at all. In terms of user experience, it'll be basically like the Photoshop you know and love, except without the adventure that is the Adobe installer.
All that has been done here, is replacing the OS with the browser. That is actually what is happening.
Now I am intrigued: an OS that is its own browser. Not eyeOS and the like: I mean the window manager is the browser. You browse a VFS which is mounted, locally or remotely; the browser doesn't see a difference. XUL is the default UI language. The browser handles threading, even. You have no desktop but you have a homepage. Exit the browser, power down.
Am I talking about something that exists? Stripped-down single-app systems like kiosks don't count... or should they count?
That sounds like "3d games in Windows?" in 1995, or any other "$perf_sucking_app in $new_environment".
The "browser" that's going to run Photoshop 2015 won't be Netscape 3. It'll have a JIT'd JS engine (so it'll be really fast), it'll have local storage (so you don't need to upload anything), it'll have efficient graphics libraries (so it can use your video card), it'll have native-feeling controls, and so on.
It's a "browser" only in that it's a continuous upgrade from our beloved Netscape, but it won't look much like Netscape at all. In terms of user experience, it'll be basically like the Photoshop you know and love, except without the adventure that is the Adobe installer.