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Brushstroke
October 15th, 2011, 12:51 AM
I've seen no one mention this, but I think it's kind of cool. If you go to Ubuntu's website and click the "Take a tour" button, it brings you to a virtual in-browser version of the Unity desktop. O_o

http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/take-the-tour
snip3r8
October 15th, 2011, 01:23 AM
I cant find the terminal!
julioneander
October 15th, 2011, 01:58 AM
I just love the fact that they somehow managed to make the tour more stable than the actual thing in my machine.
ki4jgt
October 15th, 2011, 04:33 AM
Love it :-)
simpleblue
October 15th, 2011, 04:54 AM
It's looking good! I think the web version is even a little more responsive then my actual desktop version.

I'm thinking of just upgrading to Ubuntu WebOS! :p
8_Bit
October 15th, 2011, 07:34 AM
Is this a sign of things to come?

Maybe we will be seeing a fully-functional browser-based Ubuntu.

Jolicloud already does it.
wolfen69
October 15th, 2011, 07:38 AM
pretty cool.
3rdalbum
October 15th, 2011, 08:50 AM
This is pretty crazy. The video player works. You can install programs in the Software Center and they appear in the Dash. You can pretend to send e-mails.

Unfortunately, you can't use right-click menus or the menubar; it doesn't even appear. This is an impressive waste of developer time :-)
Brushstroke
October 15th, 2011, 09:00 AM
The funniest thing to me is that it's more responsive in my browser here on Lucid than it was when I installed it for real.
cgroza
October 15th, 2011, 03:24 PM
You can even open Firefox and browse the web with it!
ice60
October 15th, 2011, 05:21 PM
i might make it my default OS :-\"

i looked in thunderbird and under 'Secure' it says it comes with a builtin firewall and virus protection. what virus protection do they mean?
Delever
October 15th, 2011, 07:27 PM
This amazing thing have just proved that the next window manager should be coded with javascript.
koenn
October 15th, 2011, 07:42 PM
You can even open Firefox and browse the web with it!

... and go to the ubuntu website and take the tour again.
forrestcupp
October 15th, 2011, 08:14 PM
I saw this the other day. Pretty cool. It's a pretty good idea.


This amazing thing have just proved that the next window manager should be coded with javascript.Metro. :)
8_Bit
October 15th, 2011, 09:05 PM
Don't forget Mutter, too. :)
bob53124
October 15th, 2011, 09:50 PM
Is this a sign of things to come?

Maybe we will be seeing a fully-functional browser-based Ubuntu.

Jolicloud already does it.

I hope so!
Penguinnerd
October 15th, 2011, 09:56 PM
I wanna see versions for [K/L/X]ubuntu as well!
Brushstroke
October 15th, 2011, 10:06 PM
You can even open Firefox and browse the web with it!
Yo dawg, we heard you like web surfing so we put a browser in yo' browser so you can surf while you surf! :p

Sorry, couldn't resist...
cgroza
October 16th, 2011, 02:27 AM
... and go to the ubuntu website and take the tour again.
Did that 3 times... :D