Yahoo BrowserPlus, the technology platform from Yahoo that lets desktop and web applications interact, is going open source. The company announced the plans today on its blog, indicating they hope the move “will allow developers to rapidly extend the platform in a distributed fashion” and “ensure BrowserPlus stays a secure, robust platform running on all popular operating systems and browsers.”
The offering is a bit of a competitor to Google Gears, which allows users to access popular applications from Google and others like Zoho in an offline environment. Yahoo BrowserPlus offers a number of other features for desktop and web apps to interact, like allowing users to drag and drop files directly into the Web browser.
Rob Diana took a detailed look at some of the different services offered earlier this year; meanwhile, here’s a video from Yahoo’s Lloyd Hilaiel explaining BrowserPlus and the decision to go Open Source:
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OPEN SOURCE: Yahoo Browser Plus Opening Up
