Who fancies a virtual desktop, a 'webtop' in fact..
1 Comments Published by ITSGUI Man on Friday, September 14, 2007 at 9:50 AM.
The other day I investigated 'webtops', not to be confused with 'muffin tops', as I had heard good things on the grapejuice. There are a quite a selection of alternatives out there but my favourite was Desktoptwo which uses the well established OpenOffice.org software at it's core. This lets you read and create a combination of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files and it can be accessed on any web-connected PC. You have the joy of your programs, files and even your favourite wallpaper being there when ever you sign in. It currently offers 1GB of free storage with several options for uploading files plus a bunch of handy utilities, including an RSS reader, instant messenger and calendar. There's always room for improvement but i was impressed with the access to a wide range of quality programs wherever you happen to be.
Funny you should mention muffin tops, Mr ItsGUI, I've had a blog post in the "pending" state entitled "Bingo Wings and Muffin Tops" for months, it's about obesity trends, overweightness, and excess baggage. Not sure when I'll finally get around to finishing it, but every time I hear the phrase it pricks my conscience.
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