/tags/qemm/ Recent bookmarks tagged #qemm Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/09/03/chrome-induced-deja-vu "Reading the Google Chrome comic strip made clear the parallel to the emergence of QEMM and DESQview: All today’s browsers are effectively single tasking, in that only one tab can be actively processing, say, a JavaScript application at any given time (”inherently single threaded”), yet the tabs are interactive to the point where the misbehavior of an “application” in one tab can impact — and sometimes crash — the operation of the entire browser. Web 2.0 has brought about an array of browser-based applications and activities that require a more robust, stable, multiprocessing browser with each process assigned to its own memory space and associated data structures — which is basically how DESQview operated. Indeed, when I pointed this out during yesterday’s SquawkBox, someone labeled Google Chrome as “DESQview for the cloud.” Talk about “Back to the Future“!"<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #chrome #desqview #google #qemm #web20 #webdev #webos</p> Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:41:54 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:11345 chrome desqview google qemm web20 webdev webos