Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 17th Jun 2007 23:52 UTC
"For the purpose of this article, just like the first one, a WebOS is defined as virtual operating system that runs in a web browser environement. Don't like WebOS? Well, call it OnlineOS, or WebTop if you like. So, here is a review of another 10 functional WebOS', as well as some additional similar services which show promise but aren't launched or fully realized yet." More here.
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2005-10-18
Ghost is a POS with potential. I signed up and decided to try to upload something, but it didn't work. There was a help tip that told me how to do it, but half-way through typing the URL, the writing in the help tip disappeared, even though the tip window itself stayed open. It didn't matter how much I clicked or right-clicked; the tip was gone forever. So I went to the Help section. Instead of providing written help, it has a voice that reads the instructions to you, along with a visual tutorial. Sounds great, huh? Except it didn't work AT ALL the way the tutorial said it would. In fact, it didn't work at all, period. Just because it's an alpha program doesn't mean they shouldn't test it. Makes you feel like strangling the person who wrote the Help section, or at least that part of it. What were they thinking about when they wrote that section?
So I signed up for their help forum. It sent me an e-mail welcoming me to the forum, but I wasn't able to log in. It kept telling me that either the username or the password was wrong. Well, I knew it wasn't the username, so I asked to have the password mailed to me, but it gave me a message that there is no such username. Yeah, right.
Ghost looks homemade, but having said that, I think the concept has some potential. I'm not sure what role Web OSs will play in the future, but it could be a big one. We might just all end up running thin clients with internet connectivity.