My Cloud OS, what do u think...?

[aschwerin.moses]

Was just fascinated about Cloud OS. The concept is interesting and just gave it a try.

Even though this is'nt exactly cloud os.. still.. let me know what u guys think.. how can i make it better..

www.mosesvirtualdesktop.blogspot.com

part of other forums too, but sharing only with u guys

[ajcham]

.. how can i make it better..

Why not look here for inspiration:

EyeOS demo (http://demo.eyeos.org/?lang=en)
EyeOS HomePage
(http://eyeos.org/en/)

[xarte]

oh these are so pretty!!!

SO tell me what you are doing here. It's basically a webpage using online apps is it?

I want to play too!

[aschwerin.moses]

Why not look here for inspiration:

EyeOS demo (http://demo.eyeos.org/?lang=en)
EyeOS HomePage
(http://eyeos.org/en/)


Thank you.. saw this website yest.. was really impressed

this is another one.. http://os.icloud.com/ .. but works only in IE

[aschwerin.moses]

oh these are so pretty!!!

SO tell me what you are doing here. It's basically a webpage using online apps is it?

I want to play too!

ohhh.. thank you :) .. nothing much, just trying to make an online computer for myself :P .. my hard drive crashed and i ALMOST lost all my files.. so i just thought to myself.. "why not dump everything online" and so did this

[JohnFH]

Don't see the point of Cloud OS at all. Yes it has the advantage of being accessible anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. It has that one advantage, but it has many disadvantages and much less freedom:

- Need to trust third party. if their site goes down for a while, you're stuffed and you'll be in deeper doo if they go out of business. That would never happen though, would it? Internet companies as safe as banks ... oh hang on ...

- Needs good internet connection otherwise you're going to have a sloooowww experience no matter what speed of computer you have or what servers they have.

- I keep backups of my data and also of my OS. If my hard drive went pop, that's ok by me (except I'd have to buy another one at some ridiculously low price).

Clouds ... insecure, risky, slow, restricting and pointless.

[aschwerin.moses]

Don't see the point of Cloud OS at all. Yes it has the advantage of being accessible anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection. It has that one advantage, but it has many disadvantages and much less freedom:.............

Clouds ... insecure, risky, slow, restricting and pointless.

haha.. well have to agree with you..


Did anyone here try gOS Cloud?

[jimi_hendrix]

what exactly is a Cloud OS (or is that an OS and im mistaking it for a term?)

[aschwerin.moses]

what exactly is a Cloud OS (or is that an OS and im mistaking it for a term?)
well.. try this EyeOS (http://demo.eyeos.org/?lang=en)

its an os this is online, no operating system, no installation of softwares, etc.. everything is almost online..

[xarte]

I can't help feeling that OS - operating system - is a bit of a misnomer, since it's really just an interface to online applications and not actually operating your hardware.

Need another acronym. OAI online app interface or something.

ya reckon? or maybe not?

[Lightstar]

I can't help feeling that OS - operating system - is a bit of a misnomer, since it's really just an interface to online applications and not actually operating your hardware.

Need another acronym. OAI online app interface or something.

ya reckon? or maybe not?

I'll have to agree with that. I never refer to those as an OS, and I never will. They are more like application portals. Something one would use as a main page when loading Firefox (or whatever browser)... I guess they could keep calling it OS as long as it means something like Online Suite, and not Operating System. But even then, the initials are already used and they should pick something else.

[magmon]

Hmm, condenced FAIL.

[xarte]

Hmm, condenced FAIL.

I don't think anyone is being condescending, it's just misleading to call it an OS. I was all excited about an alternative OS that I could tinker with until I realized that it was just online apps.

That said, it's still loads of fun and something I'd like to do to make my browsing experience more fun and prettier.

I think the page the OP created was elegant and lovely.

[aschwerin.moses]

Well yes, its all just fun.. i dont have much hopes about cloud os.. but just something to try

[crl0901]

Was just fascinated about Cloud OS. The concept is interesting and just gave it a try.

Even though this is'nt exactly cloud os.. still.. let me know what u guys think.. how can i make it better..

www.mosesvirtualdesktop.blogspot.com

part of other forums too, but sharing only with u guys

What did you use to set that up?

[aschwerin.moses]

What did you use to set that up?

nothing.. just basic html and css.. u want the code, i can pass it to u..

[dannytatom]

I was thinking of starting a project like this of my own, using the "Mount FTP Server as Filesystem" tutorials on these forums to keep thing synced.

I gots an assload of ideas, but seeing as how all I know is xhtml/css/javascript, in no way will it be done anytime soon. :P