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77 lines
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<title>Help</title>
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<meta name="description" content="An overview of BrowzOS' features.">
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body {
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background-color: #FFFFFF;
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span.c1 {font-size: 200%; font-weight: bold}
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p.c0 {font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center}
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<body>
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<div class="c2"><span class="c1">BrowzOS</span>
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<p class="c0">The Web Browser's Operating System</p>
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</div>
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<p></p>
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<hr>
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<div class="c2"><p class="c0">Introduction And Overview</p></div>
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<p class="c3">Welcome to BrowzOS!</p>
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<p>BrowzOS is an online project whose chief goal is to address an
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encourage the creativity of aspiring web designers and applet
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programmers. Namely, the goal of BrowzOS is to give web designers and applet
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programmers a solid base for their web-related projects; a simulated operating
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system in which programmers and designers can create, display and run any web
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applet of any kind, using any programming language and any scripting language.
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Due to the fact that this project is a simulated operating system, BrowzOS
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especially encourages Java programmers (from novices to professionals) to create
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applets whose functionality extends across both the web server's and the client
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computer's file system.</p>
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<p>With the ever-evolving functionality and
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popularity of the internet, this project presents a great opportunity that
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anyone can take advantage of; this project is OPEN-SOURCE AND IN THE PUBLIC
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DOMAIN. This means a number of things:</p>
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<ul><li>For hobbyist web designers, BrowzOS can be
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freely downloaded, modified and used for such things as presenting
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résumés, pictures, videos and music through the free/open-source
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applets included in the main package. Setting up the site is simple and is
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merely a matter of time to fully implement.</li>
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<li>For novice/professional web designers and
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programmers, this project can not only be used as a testing facility for other
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open-source applet projects, but can also present the resulting creations in a
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manner that familiarly resembles the look and feel of a mainstream operating
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system (such as GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows). Since the simulated environment
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is completely user-customisable, multiple applets can be created, displayed and
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executed from within the web browser in a matter of minutes. BrowzOS can even be
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customised for use as a free/charitable online service to ease various
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education/business-related undertakings in which collaboration is a necessity.</li>
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<li>For educational institutions, non-governmental
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organisations, governments of developing nations and charitable organisations,
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this project can be used as a collaboration tool, easing any undertaking in
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which project planning, research, documentation and constant communication
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between team members is a must.</li>
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<li>For the average computer user, this project
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(and the included/resulting applets) can be used in hopes of providing a better
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computing environment. With such applets whose functions fully replicate word
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processors, music players and various other items that would otherwise be found
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on an ordinary desktop computer's operating system, BrowzOS will reduce (or
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hopefully, eliminate) the user's need to search for and install trial software,
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bloatware, pirated programs and programs which are potentially malicious to both
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the computer and its user.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Currently, this project comes packaged with a
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word processor, scientific calculator, instant messenger, media player, clock and a tidy user interface, reminiscent of both Mac OS X
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and GNU/Linux. Hopefully, this project will inspire others to contribute, be it
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for fun or for providing a much needed public service, as intended by the
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concept of truly free and open-source software.</p>
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<p class="c3">Happy computing!</p>
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<p></p><hr>
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<p class="c3"><a href="index.html">Return to the table of contents</a></p>
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