From Desktop to Webtop
Applications can be run on the web, thus being accessible from anywhere. The programmes are installed on servers; there is no need for free memory capacity on one’s own computer, software can be further developed on a more rapid pace:
- The boundaries between PC and web applications are blurring.
- More and more software is being directly transferred to the web.
- The freemail service GoogleMail offers better functions than firmly installed programmes such as Outlook.
- Online word processing programs are accessible from anywhere.
- Cooperation of users.
- The web turns from a collection of websites into a platform.
- Applications can be run on the web.
- Applications are therefore accessible from everywhere.
- Rhe programmes are installed on servers.
- There is no need for fixed disk capacity.
- Software can be further developed on a more rapid pace.
- The user does not have to care about software updates.
- Web contents are more and more being retrieved by mobile devices such as mobile phones, MP3-players and pocket PCs.
Google Mail and Google Calendar. |
Google Blog Search and Google Docs. |
Google-services (mail, calendar, text, tables, Google Maps, blogs, bookmarks):
http://www.googlewatchblog.de/google-dienste/
Yahoo! 360° platform:
http://www.yahoo.com/
Windows Live
http://ideas.live.com/
http://labs.live.com/
(According to O’Reilly: Web 2.0 for Participation)