Renewed Anima OS development efforts

03 Mar 2020

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With recent personal developments I have decided to reboot Anima OS and refocus my efforts on turning the browser into a usable desktop environment.

The first two videos outlining my current development focus/approach can be found below.

My hopes/plans

• Base Quokka (the OS’ browser) on a more recent release of Firefox (ideally, the release branch).
• Ditch XUL and the custom SDK (known as STK or “Savannah Toolkit”) for an extended Webextension API.
• Securely integrate things like time/date, battery status and gamma control/nightlight into the browser UI.
• Create a secure and stable desktop bus privileged parts of the browser can use to communicate with the rest of the OS.
• Implement PWAs, allowing the user to launch them from a built-in app launcher.
• Create a simple desktop environment consisting of a window manager, a basic desktop (wallpaper), compositor and the browser.
  • Alternatively, consider a dock outside the browser.