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		jules on April 2, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A working Firefox Windows 8 Metro prototype, statu... How did you get Javascript to work? As far as I know Metro apps cannot load or execute code dynamically (e.g. you can't use LoadLibrary or VirtualProtect). Are you using a Javascript interpreter rather than a JIT? Or are you using the Microsoft Javascript engine?

mbrubeck on April 2, 2012 | [–]

Microsoft has made an exception to the Metro sandboxing rules for hybrid Metro/desktop browsers (including Internet Explorer):

http://www.brianbondy.com/blog/id/129/

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Windows_8_Integration#Internet_Expl...

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/win...

vgnet on April 2, 2012 | [–]

They are building a "Metro style enabled desktop browser" (see http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/2012/02/building...) which has a lot more power than Metro apps.

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