July 5, 2006
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Web 2.0
Ok, so I guess I won't leave xanga. It just bothers me that if I want my site to be anything especially different from default, I have to waste my time hacking the damn thing. Oh well.
In other news: Web 2.0. Maybe some of you haven't heard this term yet. The idea is that applications will soon be moving online, so that we can have our full programs from any Internet enabled terminal. Google is a good example of this: Google Reader, Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Spreadsheets are all prime examples. But there is talking of applications like Microsoft Office moving in this direction too. Places like YouTube and MySpace are often credited as Web 2.0 as well, but in a different way.
The expected climax of this, of course, is the online desktop. It's been rumored that Google is working on such a thing, but until now, it has all been theoretical. However, YouOS has just surfaced. If you are at all interested in this, go to their website and click on the demo link. It's an online desktop.
Don't get me wrong, it's far from perfect: but it shows that it can be done. A similar thing done be a better company (like Google) could be great. It excites me, anyway.
Comments (4)
but... I have had the Google desktop before. Found it useless and took up too much RAM, but I know I had it.
or is online desktop something completely different? Ah.. perhaps I should click on your links.... -lazy-
But if it's just having your desktop online, what's the point, seeing as I have everything under quicklaunch and no icons on the desktop? hmmm...
Missina, you're missing the point. It has nothing to do with where you keep your shotcuts. It means that all your files and documents will be stored online, and you will run all of your applications online. Google Desptop is not an online aplication, and has nothing to do with Web 2.0. I was talking about some future, posible, online desktop.
By simply going to the right website, any computer would be just as good as your home computer.
eventually it will be done and it'll be a great thing to have
its pretty exciting actually
I would imagine security could be a problem, but still sound very exciting. And i would have kept reading if you changed sites
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