The future of the internet and OS’s
April 3rd, 2007
Last night Leo Babauta posted a very interesting article on Lifehack.org about his Hard Drive & Software are obsolete. I share this vision in how we will use our computer in the (near?) future. At the moment it’s not yet possible to work completely online but I think this might certainly be a good option for the future. New initiatives and innovative web applications pop up like never before and the quality is getting better every day. The internet connections are becoming increasingly faster and the free online space to save your files is growing like crazy. In the example, Leo points out the website of MediaMax, where you can get 25 GB of free online space!
Another great application I personally use every day is NetVibes. I read my feeds daily from it, store my favorite/important links, it stores my calendar with important things and I have a to-do list. And new features are built in quite often. Users can also provide their own feature requests and the developers really look into this list. Some of the other applications that will possibly play a big role in the onlinization (did I just invent a new word?) are Desktop Two and YouOS, two applications which simulate a desktop-like environment online (the website of YouOS provides a demo). When you want to edit photos online you should give Fauxto a try. A really impressive RIA built in Flex. There is even an online Flex Compiler, which is a fairly simple example but it shows that more and more initiatives to move existing software to the web are being built every day. Of course this is quite the opposite of what Adobe is trying to achieve with Apollo. I’m not really sure which way it will go but I’m certainly going to follow up on the latest developments on both sides.
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