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eyeOS - Online "Operating System"

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Edvard:
And here comes another: YouOS.com
YouOS
A Web Operating System
YouOS is an experiment in a new kind of computing platform.
    * Access from anywhere.
      Create a document at an office computer, drive home, continue right from where you left off.
    * Built-in sharing.
      Instantly share music, documents and more with your buddies.
    * An application community.
      Everyone from professional software engineers to high school age programmers can participate at no cost. Choose from a growing list of over 619 released applications developed by our users.
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Edvard:
Wow, these ARE getting popular:

CosmoPod
What is CosmoPOD?
Ever need access to your personal files and applications from work or while on the road? Tired of lugging around your laptop or hard drive?
With CosmoPOD, you get the same desktop, whenever, wherever. Your desktop lives online, so its not glued to the computer you happen to be using!
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Goowy
What is goowy?
goowy is a service that offers you simple, intuitive tools for communicating and sharing on the web.

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(love those Gant3 icons...)

DesktopTwo
Desktoptwo is a free web-based desktop or webtop (some call it a WebOS, although we feel that's a bit premature... for now) that mimics the look, feel and functionality of a local computer, all contained within one browser window and fully accessible from any Internet-connected device.
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P.S. clicking the thumbnails get you screenshots...

Veign:
Is it just me or are others bothered by the term online OS?

Not sure there can ever be such a thing since an OS is an interface between the software and the hardware (so its a platform for which all other software will run).  If you don't have an OS, then you wouldn't be able to run a browser and therefore could not connect to this 'online OS'.

Not sure why that term bothers me so much but it does and it totally turns me away from testing any of these.

Call it what it is.  A customizable portal.

Ruffnekk:
Same here Veign. I don't know what it is exactly, but for me it's also the reason for not even wanting to take a closer look at it... A nasty gut feeling   :(

Edvard:
In the case of Cosmopod, it's a little more correct... you are actually using a remote os.

With the others, I agree... it's just a web app programmed to act like an os.

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