Tag: WEBTOP

Glide has launched an updated version of its web-based "operating system." Like its predecessors, Glide OS 3.0 provides users with a desktop-like space within a browser window. You can use Glide's web-based applications to create Word documents, spreadsheets, or presentations. You can also play music, manage photos and videos, and send and receive email. In other words, you can do many of the ...

Ever wish you could find one web site that works as a social networking site, an IM service, a way to discover new music, sell your artwork, or store files online using a web-based desktop? Yeah, neither did we, but those are just a few of the services offered by Hurox, a site that's so jam-packed with features that it almost defies description. Don't get us wrong, Hurox is hardly the only ...

Online storage service Ewedrive is shutting down and the developers are focusing their time on Desktop on Demand, an online desktop application instead. And that got us thinking. Are online desktops, or so-called "web operating systems" the new online storage? Sure, we've been a bit down on WebOSes in the past. They sort of jumped the shark for us when companies started creating web browsers ...

We've been over this before. We don't really see the point of web-based "operating systems." You've already got an operating system, and if you need a place to store your data online or access office tools like word processors and spreadsheets, you already have a ton of options which perform better than any webOS we've seen. But companies continue to pump out webtops anyway. And we have to say, ...

We know you've been sitting around waiting for yet another webOS product to launch. Because you know, they're so incredibly useful. You know, because they provide a browser-based user interface pretty much identical to the desktop from which you're launching your browser. Anyway, if webOSes are your thing, you might want to check out atoolo. The site has been available to German users for a ...

30 Boxes' Narendra Rocherolle wrote in to tell us about the new 30 Boxes Webtop, which is basically, well, a personalized home page a la Netvibes or Goowy. What sets it apart, of course, is that it's tightly integrated with the 30 Boxes calendar, so if you're already a 30 Boxes user you may prefer it to other home page options. Right now it's pretty basic, with upcoming events, buddy updates, ...