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This page maintains a list of missing pieces to turn the web into a proper OS.
- Offline (tentative solution: service workers)
- Payments (tentative solution:
requestAutocomplete()) - Camera (requires improved
getUserMedia(); see Mediastream Image Capture) - Disk access for photos and music (requires much improved
<input type=file>, ability to scan directories, return files of certain type) - Storage (see Storage, StorageDurability)
These are sometimes suggested as requirements, but are less convincing:
- Contacts (tentative solution: use the "cloud")
- "systemXHR" (no CORS, no opaque responses; tentative solution: proxy or use the "cloud")
- TCP (tentative solution: proxy or use the "cloud")
Needs more examination:
