Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 26th Sep 2006 12:03 UTC, submitted by Excel Hearts Choi
Apparantly, Gael Duval has leaked the first bits of information concerning his Ulteo project to the LXF magazine. "You can't fail to notice that in the screenshot he sent us, Ulteo is running inside a web browser. What's more, the screenshot also shows Duval creating a presentation on the 'Ulteo Connected Desktop'. Ulteo is going to be hosted on Duval's own servers, enabling users to connect to their own desktop from anywhere in the world. [...] The system administration and upgrades will be handled at the server end, as too will application installation. [...] Anyone with a browser will be able to use Ulteo - indeed, Ulteo is going to need a broadband connection to work - as the client will only require Java."
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Java is so bad for me in Firefox/Win that I have it completely disabled in the browser. I'd rather use IE for Java. On the Mac, conversely, Java works well for me.
Edit: What I forgot to add was that Ulteo ought to use FreeNX as a base and use ICA for traffic. ICA is generally much smaller and more efficient than a bulky Java app, and there are already implementations of the official Citrix client and FreeNX on several platforms.
Citrix says you need something like 11K to have working session (which means dial up COULD work), and with broadband (really only about 50K), you're speeding.
Edited 2006-09-26 13:18