Comments on: Web OS http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/ Information Security Think Tank Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: RedDroid http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-78182 RedDroid Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:21:10 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-78182 I have found this NeuroKernel. I think it is what would be a real network operating system. Its entire desktop is written with its API and SDK which means it can function without a desktop. You all should it check out. There is demo too. http://www.neurodna.com/ I have found this NeuroKernel. I think it is what would be a real network operating system. Its entire desktop is written with its API and SDK which means it can function without a desktop. You all should it check out. There is demo too.

http://www.neurodna.com/

]]> By: pdp http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-44676 pdp Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:27:58 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-44676 Ruz, the Web OS is already here. The OS features are on the Web. Ruz, the Web OS is already here. The OS features are on the Web.

]]> By: Ruz http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-44448 Ruz Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:48:15 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-44448 What features should a web os contain to make it comprehensive? Is online office the only standard requirement? google has a notebook feature, edeskonline has a cool accounts and tax feature, any more unique ones? What features should a web os contain to make it comprehensive? Is online office the only standard requirement? google has a notebook feature, edeskonline has a cool accounts and tax feature, any more unique ones?

]]> By: Mikael Bergkvist http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-34333 Mikael Bergkvist Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:46:50 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-34333 You can check out http://www.widgetplus.com to see one in action. You can check out http://www.widgetplus.com to see one in action.

]]> By: CodeoramaOS http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-12308 CodeoramaOS Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:31:40 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-12308 A brazilian WebOS... CodeoramaOS, please visit... A brazilian WebOS… CodeoramaOS, please visit…

]]> By: pdp http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-1195 pdp Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:08:29 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-1195 I am not sure what parakey will be like but from what I read I get the feeling that it is something like remote service for storing and sharing your files, which IMHO is not very interesting since companies like Google and Microsoft provide that feature anyway. The big question is what JUL will be like and why the author wants to implement another User Interface Language. The Mozilla kid behind parakey mentioned on a article, I've read long time ago, that users need to install a software on their machine in order to use the service. This is exactly what Google Desktop does. Once the parakey software is in your system you can share files, upload, delete and do all sorts of other things. Now this may sound cool at first but it is not that difficult to do something like this with a few scripts and .NET. Here is a simple scenario. Make a REST service with PHP that allows users to upload content if their credentials are right. Download one of these opensource Windows-SVN shell integration tools and add the functionality to perform background file upload and update via this PHP service. Then add a nice AJAX interface on the server that hosts the PHP service so that users can upload and manage their files when the software is not installed on their systems. This is parakey for Windows. Repeat the same process for all other operating systems. Some of these SVN Shell integration tools are already cross-platformed so it will be even easier to write something like this. If this is a Web OS then Google did it long time ago because they do allow you to upload pictures with PICASA and manage documents with Google Docs. GMAIL can be used as a remote storage service and I believe that there is already a tool that can upload any file on the desktop to your GMail account by clicking on a single item from your shell context menu. If everybody who is developing this kind of service thinks that this is an OS, than how many OSes will emerge in the near future. Virtually everyone is capable of building one. This is not an OS. This is a service in the OS. The OS is only one and it is called the WEB. And enjoy working with it, especially when I have all nice SHELL SCRIPTS (GREASEMONKEY SCRIPTS) that allow me to do various cool stuff. I am not sure what parakey will be like but from what I read I get the feeling that it is something like remote service for storing and sharing your files, which IMHO is not very interesting since companies like Google and Microsoft provide that feature anyway.

The big question is what JUL will be like and why the author wants to implement another User Interface Language.

The Mozilla kid behind parakey mentioned on a article, I’ve read long time ago, that users need to install a software on their machine in order to use the service. This is exactly what Google Desktop does. Once the parakey software is in your system you can share files, upload, delete and do all sorts of other things.

Now this may sound cool at first but it is not that difficult to do something like this with a few scripts and .NET. Here is a simple scenario. Make a REST service with PHP that allows users to upload content if their credentials are right. Download one of these opensource Windows-SVN shell integration tools and add the functionality to perform background file upload and update via this PHP service. Then add a nice AJAX interface on the server that hosts the PHP service so that users can upload and manage their files when the software is not installed on their systems. This is parakey for Windows. Repeat the same process for all other operating systems. Some of these SVN Shell integration tools are already cross-platformed so it will be even easier to write something like this.

If this is a Web OS then Google did it long time ago because they do allow you to upload pictures with PICASA and manage documents with Google Docs. GMAIL can be used as a remote storage service and I believe that there is already a tool that can upload any file on the desktop to your GMail account by clicking on a single item from your shell context menu.

If everybody who is developing this kind of service thinks that this is an OS, than how many OSes will emerge in the near future. Virtually everyone is capable of building one.

This is not an OS. This is a service in the OS. The OS is only one and it is called the WEB. And enjoy working with it, especially when I have all nice SHELL SCRIPTS (GREASEMONKEY SCRIPTS) that allow me to do various cool stuff.

]]> By: Delixe http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os/#comment-1177 Delixe Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:39:05 +0000 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/web-os#comment-1177 What do you make of projects like the parakey project then? http://www.parakey.com. What do you make of projects like the parakey project then? http://www.parakey.com.

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