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pc guru:
if u need help am always here ave a good knowledge on JS. okeowoaderemi@gmail.com good luck on your quest.

pc guru:
if u need help am always here ave a good knowledge on JS. okeowoaderemi@gmail.com good luck on your quest.

pc guru:
if u need help am always here ave a good knowledge on JS. okeowoaderemi@gmail.com good luck on your quest.

Thanks bro. If I find myself in any wahala, I will disturb you.

pc guru:
Nice initiative. when u are thru u can release a an API for us.

Thanks. Sure, an API will definitely be available for developers. If you can build websites, you'll have no problem.

Work has started. Writing what i would call the kernel. In a couple of days, i'll drop something for y'all to test.

moderatorr:
the windows 7 start menu is so organised and fast in taking you there ,i doubt that there would ever be any need for html 5 os!

Think of it this way, if you price tag it at $2 would any one even want to buy?

If you are doing it for hobby, nice. If its for business, nah, me nah think so.

Its just a thought, only a thought.

It will be free and Open Source. Just so you know, you cannot predict an applications ability to sell without first knowing what it can do. The calculator yarn is just a basic example. You can do lot more with an HTML 5 OS.

Features

1. Single User

Just like the mobile devices, it will allow just one user.

2. Multitasking Support

Yep. Applications will run separate processes. Applications can also create "threads". Apps are sandboxed, so they don't conflict with other apps.

3. Framework For Developers

A framework will be provided for developers. Apps will be developed with Javascript, XHTML/HTML 4/5, CSS and PHP. Although, application interfaces will need to
follow certain standards to prevent them from looking like websites. Applications built with the framework will have cross-browser support across all supported
browsers.

4. Native Applications

The OS will come with native applications like

- File Explore
- Task Manager
- Media Player
- Registry/Configuration manager
- Utility Applications
- etc

5. Internationalization

The OS will be in multiple languages. Even apps can use this feature which will be provided for in the framework.

6. Browser Support

erm, not sure if this is a feature. The first release will be available only on Google Chrome. Support for other browser will follow when the first release is
considered stable.



Ok na, make i prepare to start.

Hello. For sometime now, i have been thinking of developing an HTML 5 OS that runs on a browser. Well, i call it an OS because it would function just like the normal OS except that it would still depend on a browser.

The idea was born out of my need to do basic tasks on my browser without the need to minimize and launch a program. For example, i would like to use a calculator right away to calculate my Google Adsense earnings  , It would be nice if i can just go to my "OS" launch my calculator app.  Also, i could just play my MP3s right from my "OS".

Although, this idea is no longer unique to me. It used to be till Carbyn (www.carbyn.com) was introduced. But still, i believe i can do better.

This OS will allow developers to also create application with a framework provided by the "OS".

At the moment, i am writing up features i would like to see in the first release. 

I decided to open a thread here so that i can carry you guys along. Building stuffs in isolation/secret has not really worked for me.

Later today, i'll drop a small feature list.

Cheers!

http://pastebin.com/ru3QzmR3 - Here is a pastebin link to his source code

@yawa:

Great work, loving your leadership. I have no problem with the documentation.

OmniPotens:
Pls you can state your expertise .

PHP/cakePHP & JS/JQuery.

Alright. Les go theeeere!!

Well, this is a great initiative. I am in if there is still room.

lol this is quite funny sha. Dude, go get some good content for your blog. Only a foolish person will do as you have said. Even seun ADs they hard me click, i always dodge it. Lol

guru01:
@all,
If you are not interested or very busy to engage yourself into this, simply ignore the post instead of saying what Nigerian developersyou can't do.

Look, I am not stopping you or discouraging anyone. I am just speaking from experience. If there are serious individuals who think they can commit themselves to such projects, then I will gladly do stuffs with them. Even if I have had failures with online projects doesn't mean I won't attempt it again.

So if you guys want to still do this. I dey ready.

i_want_to:
So what is the way forward, we need to start having larger applications like facebook, google, linkedin, myspace etc,

This "lone ranger" mindset will definitely not produce the kind of effect web technology is having in India, UK or US.

True talk. But we just won't achieve anything online. We may start with so much passion, later it will certainly disappear as far as the group works online. By the time hunger flog guys, them go bone project go open blog stamp adsense lol.

If we most forge a group, it has to be a physical one, I mean one that every member gets to meet maybe twice a week some where, code right there, integrate already written codes and plan for the next meeting.

It won't work if we are thinking online.

Nigerians can't develop applications via online groups. There are so many factors that make it practically impossible.

Lol. Make una scatter. Nothing to see here.

FG is really serious. Boko Haram you are in trouble

I just heard they are also coming too

omo_to_dun:
You do realize that by replying to this thread you have implicitly labeled yourself a pikin. Welcome to the club of guru programmers who, mostly, have no work to show for such a claim.

Hmm, I'm no guru and not a pikin. Nairaland programmers are not gurus yet as far as they've got nothing to show. But there are good ones.

Na wa o. I nominate myself because I know CSS2. What a thread for pikins.

My friend that is just a modified opera mini. It wasn't created by Google.

Fayimora:
Funny rails app, Nothing much in it you know, still gat work to do. I love the tic tac toe because of the graphics but it still hast beat me yet .

Hmm, this sucks u know, i'm sure u can do better.

omo_to_dun:
@ all
I'm impressed with everyone's work. We all should collaborate on something someday. I do not mean to patronize anyone, but all who have posted so far on this thread are amongst my top seven NL finest programmers.

+2 iyam shy now

Well, i have been working on a social network 0S. Right now, im coding up the mvp.

i love the last pic, its super funny. lol the guy no wan die sha,

You'll get quick answers if you get help from StackOverflow.

I utilized Stochastic Linear programming when i was recreating google's pageRank for a search engine i was working on in 2008. Too bad i cant remember any thing about it now. A mere google search for ' Stochastic Linear programming' returns alotta results. If i can remember well, it involves Propability and Matrix. All you just have to do is learn the theory and code with your favorite language.

Powerful algorithm,

Abeg guys! Do we have VC firms or even Angel investors willing to put some cash in a promising startup. Is it that startups that come out of Nigeria's tech space are all bootstrapped? I think the lack of funding is a major reason why our startups die soon after launch.

Take for instance, i have a product i am developing and would really like it to be launched here in Nigeria. But its probably nearly impossible to get funding. I then decide to seek for funding outside Nigeria. Now if i get this funding, that would mean i would have to leave Nigeria to register the company in the country where i got my funds. After sometime, my product/app gets international recognition and the country where my investors are based gets the credit while Nigeria where i built the product/app gets the founders Nationality credit.

Our tech industry will never grow like this. We need to have our startups funded.

All the best. Dont let anyone discourage you.

@dhtml:  You too dey use things play. Waka komot.

@software. Shut the f*u-ck up jor.

Well, i wont call myself a webmaster(dont know what it truely means sef), but a web developer who only writes codes hosted on the greatest server in the world - my local machine. Therefore, i cannot talk about client - web developer relationships. But i think majority of Nigerian 'webmaster' are plain lazy, they lack ideas, they feel like they know all and dont even care to checkout other sites for the inspiration to do something new. Since this majority price themselves low, well you get a less lucrative industry.

It looks like 15 - 20k is the most popular price range for a site in Naija. If not, how come a woman who had been given directives by her bank to find a developer who would build a site for them wants to pay me below 20k? So you see, lazy/cheap 'scrapsite' makers have made the industry unattractive.

I think i'll just stick to my application development jare because i want to deal with the oga of this site one day lol .

Look at them, ashawo moderators, one day we go show una, iyam going to show una lol