Mail.app, Replicated In Browser

In the past months we’ve seen many tech demos trying to experiment the concept of desktop-class applications running inside a browser, as a webapp. Safari 4 running inside Safari is a perfect example for this.

Today’s experiment is another webapp that tries to replicate the functions of a Mac desktop app, this time using UKI, a simple JavaScript UI toolkit for desktop-like webapps. The app is the popular Mail.app, and the web version is absolutely stunning: it looks the same, works the same and acts the same. You can drag messages around, expand and collapse folders, navigate with your arrow keys. Clearly it’s just an experiment that shows what’s actually possible with modern technologies, but the result is impressive nevertheless.

Check out the screenshots after the break, and the try the app here.

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iPhone OS 4.0 Is Already Jailbroken

It happened in less than 24 hours. A few minutes ago, MuscleNerd from the Dev Team posted this tweet that proves that the jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0 is already possible.

There’s a video after the break, with Cydia and Veency running on a 4.0 device. Now we only have to wait and see what the jailbreak community will come up with, considering all the features that Apple apparently “borrowed” from Cydia, like multitasking and inline spell check. We’ll see.

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Droid: From a Mac User’s Perspective

Being a Mac review site, Federico and I own some pretty serious Mac hardware. He with a 15” Macbook Pro and iPhone, and I with my 13” Macbook and Droid. It’s a pretty wonderful relationship, Apple products and us.

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Webkit 2 Released, Puts Web Content In A Separate Process Like Chrome

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“WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout, etc) lives in a separate process. This model is very similar to what Google Chrome offers, with the major difference being that we have built the process split model directly into the framework, allowing other clients of WebKit to use it.”

Way to go. Great news.

Spotted into iPhone OS 4.0: iChatAgent, Flash Camera References, MultiCore Support

We all knew this was gonna happen. People have started analyzing the latest beta of the iPhone OS, and as TUAW is reporting, there’s an iChatAgent showing up in activity monitor. At this point, I think it’s quite fair to say that the next iPhone will have video conferencing capabilities, or at least a dedicated iChat app.

Also, MacRumors has discovered flash camera and multicore references in OS 4.0. Now we only need a date for the next event, Apple.

iPhone OS 4.0: Multitasking, Enterprise, and Folder Thoughts

Oh my goodness, where do I start on iPhone OS 4.0? I’m sure you guys already know about the features. You’re obsessed with multitasking and perhaps a little concerned about iAds. But what’s really captivating is just how much this will change mobile productivity. I want to focus on what the next iPhone OS will deliver you, how it compares to the competitors’ current methods, and how it will change the way you use your iPhone for your daily activities. Read more

iPhone OS 4.0, Coming to the iPad This Fall

You won’t be able to install the iPhone OS 4.0 on your iPad this summer. No, you’ll have to wait some more months, because Apple has announced it will be available this fall.

While I can understand that the iPad has just been released and they’re badly working on the iPhone version right now, before the keynote started I was hoping there would be a contemporary release for both the devices. Turns out we’ll have to wait instead, and keep our iPads without multitasking. (Well, until jailbreak will come).

All in all, like I said in the live chat today, I expect Apple to change the name of iPhone OS to, at least, iPad OS for the new device.