Tag: GOOWY

AOL, this blog's parent company, has acquired widget and web desktop company Goowy. Goowy's original product was a webOS or webtop that you can use as an online desktop when you're away from your home computer. But while there are a ton of these services around, we're not convinced that people actually use them very much. So it's Goowy's more recent product that probably caught the eye of AOL: ...

There are all kinds of web-based desktops running to and fro out there, and it seems that the web 2.0 world is pushing for an app to be the next killer desktop-on-the-web. It hasn't happened yet. It may never happen, since everyone has different tastes, and like different things. Another web-based desktop has entered the arena, and made a better impression on me than many of the others I've ...

At this point web-based "operating systems" have to fight seemingly insurmountable odds to really work well. There are limits in the codebase (choosing JavaScript versus Flash, or a combo of both, results in a few compromises). There are limits within the browser itself (can't save if the window gets closed, or if the connection goes south). But that's not stopping people from trying. Webby's ...

Last month I mentioned that Flash-based personalized home page Goowy was working on adding IM and online file storage functionality. It took a bit longer than I'd expected, but those features are now online. The web-based IM feature lets you sign on to MSN, Yahoo, ICQ or AOL and chat in your browser, and the web-based storage gives you a free 1GB virtual hard drive via Box.net. You can try Goowy ...

Goowy, a personalized home page site whose main distinguishing feature until now has been its Flash-based interface, is planning to add some more compelling features soon, namely instant messaging and online file storage. According to TechCrunch's Michael Arrington the file storage feature will be through Box.net using its new API and include up to 1GB storage (with a crappy 5MB-per-file limit), ...