Distraction Free Web IM
| Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 | --jr |
Here's a quick hack that you may not be aware of:
So there are various tools out there which let you run web pages outside of browsers including Adobe Air, webkit, and a few others.
And you're probably aware of the web version of Y!Messenger that features a bunch of latest and greatest features. While nifty, it's kind of annoying to tie up a browser page for that, huh? And it can be kind of annoying when you close down the browser and forgot you were running Y!Messenger, or your browser hangs for stupid reasons, or...
Well, in about 5 minutes, I was able to grab a copy of Mozilla Prism, enter a few quick values into the dialog box, and whaddya-know?
Just like having a normal Y!Messenger app running and no worries about losing focus.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:38 am
For an OSX/Webkit version of the same thing, check out Fluid at http://fluidapp.com/. I use it for Y!Mail and Y!Calendar.