“Citrix has just turned the world inside out by allowing Windows
applications to be run inside of a Web browser. This is achieved
through the newly launched NFuse add-on to its Metaframe Windows
server product. The basic idea is to allow the user interface for
Windows applications running on MetaFrame to be published onto a
Web site. One of the big advantages of this is that the user needs
no Citrix software installed on their client machine. They can
therefore access applications from any device with an internet
connection and a browser, regardless of where it is located.”
“Citrix could be criticised before for having only a partial
Thin Client offering as it was tied to the idea of Windows
emulation. Some have argued quite convincingly that the browser
will become the default Thin Client interface over time. That way,
the client device is completely independent of the service
provider and the vendor of the software that drives its servers
[and the OS that the client is running – LT ed.].”