Questions tagged [web-operating-system]
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What is the difference between the firmware and the operating system?
In embedded devices such as printer, switches, I am confused what the difference between the firmware and the operating system is. Are embedded devices operating systems similar to PCs (Linux and Windows)?
For example, I have a printer which has an…
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Are Web Operating Systems practical yet?
I'm a full time web developer but I have my roots as a desktop programmer and there seams to be a lot of talk about Web Operating System these days.
Is it practical yet to incorporate your web applications into a Web OS to make it more user friendly…
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Unable to connect Xampp on VSAT(Very small Aperture Terminal) network?
I work on a company with network using VSAT(Very Small Aperture Terminal) and Cable network. And then, temporary server i use is Windows 7 64-bit. If i access that server from cable network nothing error show on my website. But if i access my…
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Do schedulers slow down your web application?
I'm building a jewellery e-commerce store, and a feature I'm building is incorporating current market gold prices into the final product price. I intend on updating the gold price every 3 days by making calls to an api using a scheduler, so the full…
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Operating system that show only one page and without explorer
I want to find an operating system or program that show only one page on the internet. And disable any other functions like an explorer.
For example, the system opens only one page but other functions, pages, explorer are disabled.
How can I do…
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Devexpress textbox loses focus after OSK opens
I have a devexpress textbox in a usercontrol in winforms application.
The problem is, when the usercontrol is loaded, and user clicks on the devexpress textbox, which in turn calls for OSK keyboard, loses focus from the textbox.
The user cannot…
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Is Silverlight a good enough platform for a Web-based operating system?
I do not work with Silverlight personally. However, I still keep an eye out on it. Silverlight 3 and the upcoming 4 has many features that seems would make it a nice web-based operating platform like out-of-browser capacities, printing support,…
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How can I know the operating system of a device
If I know the device's model or vendor. Is there any direct way by which I can know the operating system of this device (e.g through the device driver or something like that? ). For example, I will quote an answer for a previous question I asked in:…
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Working Principle behind Web Operating Systems?
I have one query on which I would like to get your valuable feedback. Nowadays I hear a lot about Web Operating Systems. Like, Google is working on Chrome OS, but I am not sure how OS principles will work with a Web Operating System. I mean, Web…
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Embedded font position differs on windows and mac osx browsers
Below is my embedded font code
@font-face {
font-family: 'futura';
src: url('../fonts/Futura_CondensedMedium.otf') format('opentype');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
And then I'm using the font like so:
#percentage
{
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