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Ready for a Web OS?
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/1853/111609_CACMpg16_Ready_for.large.jpg?1258565283&1258565282 "OP Web Browser subsystems")
To improve the performance and security of the OP Web Browser, the main architecture is divided into five main subsystems: browser kernal, storage subsystem, network subsystem, user-interface subsystem, and Web page instructions.
Credit: Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy
The hegemony of the traditional desktop operating system is starting to fracture with the emergence of a new generation of Web browsers that may finally herald the long-awaited convergence of Web and OS.
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