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Brad Isaac over at Achieve-IT! points to Fold, a new up-and-coming "web desktop" (currently in beta) that offers portable desktop-like functionality on a website. The feature list is fairly basic at this point, with the usual suspects present: RSS, notepad, calendar, weather and Flickr modules, but there are a couple of unique ones as well, specifically HTML and Flash containers.
The idea between the HTML and Flash containers is that simply put, if there is web content out there somewhere that you'd like to integrate into your Fold desktop, they are giving you the flexibility to do just that. I like it. Unfortunately, I'm still not a big fan of a web page that emulates a windowing system paradigm. I have no desire to drag little window containers around on a website. For now I'll stick with NetVibes or Google Personalized.
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Subscribe to commentsBenMay 10th 2006 12:49PM
It's weird that Brad Isaac is into this, since he's such a Pocket PC advocate. After all, if you're going to have access to the same system (be it a laptop or pda or whatever), why not keep things like a calendar, address book, and email archives offline, in case you're out of wi-fi range?
BrandonMay 10th 2006 2:26PM
Reminds me of last years protopage. www.protopage.com
AdoraMay 11th 2006 12:52AM
I'm really going nuts integrating widgets from other sites. I have a tendency to keep a million different tabs open, and Fold helps me combine at least a few of them. I'm always on the lookout for new web applications, so I think I can say with some certainty to expect lots of user-submitted content to the developer's blog.
:: Lisa
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Brad IsaacMay 11th 2006 7:30AM
I am into it because I'm into productivity. The idea where you can ditch your laptop (and Pocket PC) and go anywhere, log onto the Net and have your 'home' virtual workstation would be very efficient.
TraeMay 11th 2006 6:53PM
I've personally been toying with Goowy to do all of this for me. It's a clean design and the integrated storage space gives it an added bonus.