Have you ever seen a Operating System inside a browser? Have you ever seen a Internet Explorer inside a Firefox Browser? Maybe you have recently moved to Linux/Mac operating system from Windows but you are missing familiar interface and want to spend some time on Microsoft Windows but don’t have access to it, if this is scenario for you then here is windows4all.com.
Windows4all.com is a Silverlight based online virtual operating system. It is is a website that simulates an operating system inside your web browser. Windows4all.com replicates the desktop environment of a modern operating system. You can launch applications right away without installation.
Windows4all.com is web-based and requires Silverlight 3 to operate. Application runs in Silverlight’s security sandbox. By default code is restricted from accessing user's file system or doing anything that could hurt user's machine. Besides desktop, taskbar, start menu and sidebar, currently it includes such applications:
File Explorer
Internet Explorer
Video Player
Rich test editor
RSS reader
Notepad
Paint
Chat
Calculator
Games like Chess, Solitaire, Spider etc.e
The system also supports installing program functionality. But this program should be developed in Silverlight and be available in Internet or local file system.
