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Controlling It Web Based Desktop

This document discusses and evaluates several web-based desktop options. It begins by explaining that a web-based desktop is a virtual desktop environment displayed in a web browser that provides applications like a traditional desktop operating system. It then evaluates several specific web-based desktop platforms, including ajaxWindows, Deskjump, Desktoptwo, eyeOS, g.ho.st, Glide, Nivio, StartForce, and YouOS, describing their available applications and features.

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Controlling It Web Based Desktop

This document discusses and evaluates several web-based desktop options. It begins by explaining that a web-based desktop is a virtual desktop environment displayed in a web browser that provides applications like a traditional desktop operating system. It then evaluates several specific web-based desktop platforms, including ajaxWindows, Deskjump, Desktoptwo, eyeOS, g.ho.st, Glide, Nivio, StartForce, and YouOS, describing their available applications and features.

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CONTROLLING IT WEB

BASED DESKTOP
by E.Esakkiammal
• This type of application isn’t an application at all; it’s actually a mini operating system that
replicates the basic features of Windows or the Mac OS.

 Understanding Web-Based Desktops


 Evaluating Web-Based Desktops
UNDERSTANDING WEB-BASED DESKTOPS
• A web-based desktop, or webtop, is essentially a virtual computer desktop displayed inside
your web browser, delivered over any Internet connection.
• A web desktop has a graphical user interface (GUI) like Windows or the Mac OS, and often
comes complete with one or more productivity applications.
EVALUATING WEB-BASED DESKTOPS
• There are a number of competing web-based desktops. Some are free, some are subscription
based.

ajaxWindows

One of the most fully developed web desktops is ajaxWindows


(www.ajaxwindows.com). This webtop integrates several key applications, including
ajaxWrite, ajaxSketch, and ajaxPresent.
 Deskjump
• Deskjump (www.deskjump.com) offers a variety of easy-to-use applications housed on a
common desktop.
• Although Deskjump doesn’t offer the most sophisticated applications, it is free and easy to
use.
 Desktoptwo
• Desktoptwo (www.desktoptwo.com) offers a relatively uncluttered desktop.
• The apps included aren’t as plentiful as with some other desktops; there’s email, a calendar,
an address book, instant messaging, an MP3 player, and a notepad—but no word processor
or spreadsheet.
 eyeOS
• The eyeOS (www.eyeos.org) offers a suite of useful applications, including a word
processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, email client, contact manager,
calendar, photo viewer, and file manager. All apps are compatible with Microsoft Office file
formats.
 g.ho.st
• The initials stand for “globally hosted operating system,” which is exactly what g.ho.st is.
(And the URL mirrors the name—yes, it’s actually g.ho.st.)
Glide
• The Glide OS (www.glidedigital.com) includes a word processor (Write), spreadsheet
(Crunch), presentation program (Present), photo editor, calendar, email client, media player,
virtual online hard drive, and more.
Nivio
• The Nivio (www.nivio.com) desktop should be familiar to most computer users.
• This makes Nivio perhaps the most full featured of all web-based desktops—certainly the
one with the most familiar productivity applications.
StartForce
• StartForce (www.startforce.com) provides a Windows-like desktop, complete with green
Start button for the start menu.
YouOS
• Our final web-based desktop is YouOS (www.youos.com), which is a simpler desktop than
some of the others discussed here.
• The desktop contains a simple text editor, file manager, web browser, chat/instant messaging
client, and sticky note app.
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