Web OS
On November 26, 2005 I posted a post named Browsers replacing desktops here is part of it
I heard long time ago from some technologist that browsers are going to replace computer desktops and I keep thinking when will that happened. Now after this new state of mind called Web 2.0 I think it is happening now and happening very quickly.
I wrote about netvibes, meebo and some web apps that bring us closer to the time were browsers totally replaces desktops.
Now we are even closer as there is two serious tries of developing a full web based operating system were you can access all your data and apps all through one interface just like your Windows or Mac OS interface, ofcourse they are both still beta but I think they are a strong core of a real web based OS
First there is Goowy from it's interface you can check email, write email, manage your calendar and much more.
Second there is eyeOS an open source free OS you could access it through the web or it could be installed on a server of a company or a school for example, I see eyeOS better than Goowy as eyeOS provide an API so that any developer can develop new apps for the platform and because it depends more on the windows style that you can open more than one window in the same time and you can minimize windows, but the bad thing about it that every time you click a link the whole page has to refresh, its true that they succeeded to make a light weight page but it was still going to be great to use AJAX to call and hide windows.
imagine opening any computer in the world to find your same interface, apps, data how powerful will it be as more people are switching to broadband doing the daily actions on a Web OS will be more logical but for heavy apps like photoshop, dreamweaver etc.. I think we will still need a desktop based OS for them.
I bet Google will buy one of those projects soon.
March 12, 2006, 7:03 AM | Technology , Web News , Web2.0 , tools