rich Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 "Today, the bulk of our time is spent trying to make webapps look like native desktop applications. Coders have to hack the browser, hackers have to breach the limits, and web architects have to build more and more JS and CSS frameworks to make application development a much simpler task. NiDIUM was not designed to replace or compete with browsers like Google Chrome or Firefox. Instead, it was designed to handle what's coming : the fusion of desktop applications, mobile applications and next-generation webapps." http://www.nidium.com/ Overloaded 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny! Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Who are the guys behind it?Looks really demoscenish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-Andre Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 So the only thing that unites this and the regular browsers is Javascript and its apis? Why not ditch javascript too Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qqwy Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Looks very interesting. Although I have to agree with Paul-Andre: Without HTML and CSS, it cannot really be called a 'browser engine' anymore, in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezelia Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 well ... the demo is impressive but ...they say "no more HTML, no more JS, no more CSS" ...so why will I use this engine instead of ... native code ? there is so many cross platform game engines that compiles down to native for each platform.there is something I didn't get here :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-Andre Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Actually, this seems to be more like a platform for downloading and executing applications directly on the Internet. It's actually a nice idea. Because like it or not, html was created to display text, and embedding text into apps will be better than embedding apps into text. It kinda reminds me of Google's NaCl, but more exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 I figured this was more of a 'web platform' than a browser. Like you could down a NiDIUM app and it'd (theoretically) run native speed fast, with all the cool toys they mention, but not be tied to the OS. So you don't download a Windows app or an OS X app, just a NiDIUM one and they take care of the rest. Just what I picked up from it anyway, I could be totally wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soybean Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I wonder how is this different compared to Adobe's AIR 'platform', except from being Javascript instead of AS3.. The demos look cool though Qqwy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 Well it supports Linux for a start Rudrabhoj Bhati and Qqwy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul-Andre Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I think it's called a "browser" because you'd put a link into your adress bar and get the app going. (they say they support transmitting of apps through http, so that's what I think it means) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 To be honest until they release something this is little more than a geek curiosity. And even when they do release it's little more until it gains significant adoption. Even so, cool demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannesalfa Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Nice, I think they mean No HTML and No CSS, it would mean No DOM elements. It's right because DOM elements aren't good for performance. It's for Canvas and WebGL, it's really nice and big opportunites for HTML5 game developers. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannesalfa Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 well ... the demo is impressive but ...they say "no more HTML, no more JS, no more CSS" ...so why will I use this engine instead of ... native code ? there is so many cross platform game engines that compiles down to native for each platform.there is something I didn't get here :/ "No more JS" yeah you are joking, there no proof about "No more JS" the video says "USING PURE JAVASCRIPT" Some game engines don't use pure javascript instead of C++ or Java. NiDIUM browser is not a real browser, it seems it can build webapps instead of JIT compilation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rezoner Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 One of people behind the project https://twitter.com/paraboul Conceptually wise - the closest technology would be CocoonJS - javascript engine at the core and all the APIs rebuild from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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