Comments on: iCloud Puts an OS in the Clouds

By: 3ktl

3ktl — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:23:28 +0000

Hey have you checked out Startforce Webtop. Its in public beta

By: Florian

Florian — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:02:25 +0000

Isn’t that pretty close to what Microsoft tries to do with applications for Live Mesh ?

By: Bruno

Bruno — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:27:44 +0000

Am I the only one who does not see the point of an operating system on the web?
Web-based applications, yes! Web-based OS? Why? And why do we call this OS when it is nothing more than a selection of applications?
It may be on OS when I can develop or deploy applications onto it – but why would I do it if those applications are web-based to start with?

By: Tory Larson

Tory Larson — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:59:49 +0000

I would like to see a browser in the cloud. I know…a browser within a browser…how stupid, right? But here’s the deal…I don’t know how many times I’ve been working on reading something in my browser and had about 5 tabs open when something has come up that I need/want to switch computers. It would be great to have a way to completely suspend that browser session and pick it up, just as it was, somewhere else.

By: Jonathan Cohen

Jonathan Cohen — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:26:21 +0000

Without immediate access to docs from Google docs or (my favourite) Dropbox, there’s really no way I’d use this. I need a cloud OS to be able to access my emails and docs and other files right out of the box.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:53:08 +0000

According to iCloud you should still be able to work with it even if you lose your connection. I wouldn’t rely on it though!

By: Udo

Udo — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:33:39 +0000

It’s an interesting tech demo (probably, I couldn’t even get the login screen to work on FF for Mac) but I don’t see how a graphically intensive desktop metaphor is of any advantage when you want a browser-based “OS”.

Functionality-wise you’re probably getting much more out of Google or SoHo apps.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:44:47 +0000

Am I the only one who ever loses their internet connection or cannot afford to have 3G connectivity for my laptop? I do way too much work on the run to rely on an internet connection to be able to get to my documents and operating system.

It has a lot of applications, but I think we’re a LONG way from this being a good option for the majority of folks.

By: animatio

animatio — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:00:19 +0000

just thinking … sitting in the middle of nowhere .. ya know, that’s where high speed internet still does NOT exist

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:55 +0000

The collaboration features are pretty cool – multiple people can edit the same document.

I’m just hoping they can sort out browser compatibility. The company’s vision is great, they want you to be able to use icloud on anything – but the current reality doesn’t match it. It doesn’t work at all in Chrome, for example.