Mozilla Chromeless: ina kwana Prism?

Kamar yadda suke fada mana a cikin Blog na Mozilla, Prism project an haifeshi ne a shekara ta 2007 tare da maƙasudin farko na haɗa aikace-aikacen gidan yanar gizo tare da aikace-aikacen tebur na gargajiya. Aikin ya fara da ƙarfi sosai kuma ya tabbatar da fa'idarsa a cikin wasu ci gaban, yana ba masu amfani damar shiga shafukan da suka fi so ta amfani da burauzar gidan yanar gizo wanda taga ba shi da 'abubuwa masu raba hankali'. Yanzu, Prism ya haifar da aikin da ya fara fitowa azaman gwajin Mozilla Labs: Ba shi da Chrome.

Aikin Chromeless a zahiri yayi kamanceceniya da Prism: ita ce shimfidar da take zaune a saman XULRunner (dandamalin da Firefox yake a kansa). Koyaya Chromeless "ya zama aikin gama gari fiye da Prism, wanda zai iya ba da damar haɓaka aikace-aikace na tebur wanda ba za a iya banbanta shi da aikace-aikacen da aka rubuta tare da fasaha na asali ba." Wannan yana nufin cewa maimakon gudanar da aikace-aikacen yanar gizo a cikin bincike "ba tare da karkacewa ba", yanzu za a mai da hankali kan wannan layin sama da XULRunner. Daga mahangar masu ci gaba, juyin juya halin abin birgewa ne: za su iya ƙirƙirar aikace-aikace ta amfani da fasahar yanar gizo (HTML5, CSS, Javascript, PHP, da sauransu) a cikin cikakkiyar hanyar haɗin kai tare da sauran tebur.

Ci gaban da aka samu a aikin Chromeless da kamannin shi da Prism sun sa Mozilla Labs sun rufe Prism don sadaukar da duk ƙoƙarinta ga Chromeless.

Amma kuma suna sanar da wani muhimmin al'amari: "muna son sanya shi damar haɓaka aikace-aikacen tebur tare da fasahar yanar gizo." Wannan yana nufin cewa ban da samun damar ƙirƙirar masu bincike na "al'ada" tare da wannan fasaha, ana iya ci gaba da aikace-aikace masu zaman kansu.

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