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Matthew Gertner
Consultant, Independent

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Matthew Gertner is an independent software contractor specializing in Mozilla technologies. He is also a leading contributor to the Mozilla Prism project. A Brit by birth, an American by upbringing, and a European by choice, he has spent the last 15 years living in Paris and Hamburg before finally settling in Prague. When not coding C++, he is an avid cook and a dangerously obsessive player of backgammon and golf.

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2:35pm Thursday, 07/23/2009

Prism, Bringing Web Applications to the Desktop

Mozilla, Web Applications
Location: Ballroom A1

Matthew Gertner (Independent)

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Although web applications are catching up with their desktop counterparts, there is still ground to cover. Prism, a project initiated by Mozilla Labs, is an attempt to bridge this gap. In this talk, we explain why Prism represents a superior web client for running web applications. We use a live demo to show how easy it is to use Prism to customize a popular web app. Read more.

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Matthew Gertner Consultant, Independent