FlyakiteOSX v3 is amongst us
Last June we found an interesting site called FlyaKiteOSX,
which acts more or less as a proof of concept site that re-creates the look, feel and experience of OS X (albeit in a small way) inside your browser. Once launched, the mock-up even has to "boot," giving you a brief moment with the typical grey loading screen and the Apple logo.
FlyakiteOSX was at version 2 last June, but it has recently been updated to version 3, with "more files, more software, and more OS X than ever before." I
honestly don't remember the previous version, but this new one is pretty impressive. A "working" copy of iTunes is even included, completely with a few artists and playable songs in its library. It seems to work pretty smoothly, as I haven't run into any browser-ish hiccups in either Safari or Camino on my Tiger machine. While this isn't amazingly useful, it is an interesting accomplishment in terms of the power of the web (or a glimpse of what's possible?), and at the very least, it's fun.