Mark Shuttleworth has participated in a conference of OSCON 2012, leaving more than an interesting story after his speech. As the web application integration Ubuntu , which is not new, but thanks to the particular characteristics of Unity will improve a lot.

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web apps is easy now through browsers like Chrome / Chromium or rekonq. Just use the appropriate option to save a pitcher / link Gmail, Grooveshark or any other service / application on the desktop. The problem is that everything is “green” without integration with panels or menus . And that is precisely what is going to solve Ubuntu.

As reported on his blog (there are all the details), web applications to Ubuntu 12.10 will come with all of the law : will be integrated with the panel, with the dash , lenses , quicklists , HUD and much, much more. In fact, these “extras” the most interesting of all.

The only thing that convinces me is that the web apps shown function as mere links , opening a new browser window, unlike what happens with Chrome or rekonq, leaving only bare window, thus gaining true presence as “first-class applications.” Although there are advantages and disadvantages in both cases.

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