Roozz makes any software run in browser
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@unknownuser said:
What is Roozz ?
Roozz.com is a very sophisticated middleware technology that can convert the vast majority of existing software applications and PC games to run directly in the browser as well allows the owner of the title to set up payment exactly how they wish to.
Converting a title typically takes 48 hours where the only work involved for the publisher is to send the title on a CD or as download .zip package file and Roozz.com will take care of the rest. Very easy and entirely risk-free for the publisher to get started.Here's a comparison chart detailing the technologies a software developer may use to get his software application to run in the browser.
Looks pretty neat. I'd played with Total Commander after installing their plugin and it worked flawlessly.
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What would you see it being used for that would help SU users?
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SketchUp on the Cloud rather than your desktop. It means Google submitting SU to Roozz for conversion which is unlikely.
There was a site that had SU running through a browser but they had to remove it. Alex Scheyer was championing it's usefulness at the time.
This system would be great in a school environment or even training centre.
Don't you like it?
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I actually watched this video and they show SketchUp right at the end....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSpXDq1G5MQ&feature=related
[flash=600,450:ey5bynv4]http://www.youtube.com/v/LSpXDq1G5MQ[/flash:ey5bynv4]I think this might have been mentioned before around here. the other option was Spoon i think?
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Looks neat, but just another way to extract your $$ from your wallet. It's all headed towards pay-to-play or time limited lease for your software, a good way for devs to keep cash coming in.
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I'm very distrustful of cloud technology...or anything else where I don't have complete control over production. When I earned my living a an illustrator, I lost several jobs (having actually completed the work) because of delays/strikes at the Post Office. The ability to colour scan and email changed all that greatly for the better. I wouldn't like the risk of not being able to work at all, just because my ISP was down or connectivity was bad. It might be ok as an alternative for working away from the office, but it would be disastrous as a complete alternative to desktop apps.
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Yeah Alan, I agree with you, as a back up system or as Rick says for schools it would be fine ..... those bloody postal strikes were a nuisance
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Please be caaaarrreful with what you are trying out! There is currently no way to convert binary applications into platform-independent web-applications (that use pure javascript).
I have tried both Roozz and Spoon - not on a productive system - but in Virtualbox, and I'm lucky that I did.
As to what I found, Roozz secretely downloads the specific application, installs it and redirects the window into the browser (which is technically nothing new).
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=33201&start=15#p293571
Roozz will overwrite the application folder and registry keys if the same application has been installed before. The other one, Spoon, was a little bit more clever and installed the application into a hidden place.Edit: In the video (0:59), you can actually see how the SketchUp window starts to open outside of the browser before it is displayed inside the browser. So it might have a justified purpose for people who like to have all applications in tabs (instead of windows).
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@aerilius said:
Please be caaaarrreful with what you are trying out! There is currently no way to convert binary applications into platform-independent web-applications (that use pure javascript).
Thank you for the warning.
By The way, if we run task manager will we see in the process tab that SketchUp.exe running?
I tried it out and it was pretty cool though. Would be awesome if Google put it up there for public use. 
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