HtmlOs is an HTML Application (HTA) I wrote some years ago. It was written in HTML and JavaScript. It's a mini operating systems that runs on Windows and contains some basic applications: a file manager, notepad, media player and image viewer.
History
HtmlOs 1.0 (September 30, 2004)
- First version
- Setup program
- Longhorn-like GUI
- Slow rollover effects
- No programs
- No possibility to create UI programs
HtmlOs 2.0 (November 27, 2004)
- Programs
- Media Player
- Images Viewer
- Calculator
- Notepad
- Graphic improvements (background, start menu, window dragging system)
- System improvements (application execution environment, shutdown window with Go to Windows and Restart, Running applications menu)
- Improved sound effects
- Control panel
- Activation
HtmlOs 3.0 (April 4, 2005)
- Easier to create new programs
- VirtualHtmlOs (HtmlOs inside a HtmlOs window)
- New boot screen
- Animations
- Internal improvements
- More customizable
- Separate shells:
- DefaultUI (GUI)
- Prompt (JavaScript console)
- Null (empty window, right click to execute JavaScript code)
- Improved install/uninstall process
- Log file
- HtmlOs documentation
- Possibility to create pop-ups
- Centralized language files (.lng)
- Files associations and icons
HtmlOs 4 (not completed)
- Explorer
- HTML image and variables dumping for problem resolution
- Open with…
- Extended wallpapers, not just textures
- Multiple installations
- Drag'n'drop
- HtmlOs emulator (executes HtmlOs apps outside HtmlOs)
- Improved activation system, with GUI
- Possibility to try HtmlOs before to activate it
- New functions and Ini class to work with .ini files
- Improved dialog windows
- Improved Run window
HtmlOs XP (not completed)
- Completely rewritten boot system
- Improved advanced dialog boxes system
- Improvements in activation system
Note: HtmlOs development is abandoned.
Download is not available.
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