GUI apps in javascript without a browser?

Question

I would like to use javascript to develop general-purpose GUI applications. Initially these are to run on Windows, but I would like them to ultimately be cross-platform.

Answer 1

Check out Adobe AIR.

From Wikipedia:

Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax, that can be deployed as a desktop application.

Also check out Mozilla Prism (in beta).