Simple Spark: a directory of web applications

by Brad Linder Jun 21st 2007

Need to find an image hosting service, online spreadsheet, or task management solution? Simple Spark can help.

Simple Spark aims to be for web applications what Google is for pretty much everything else online. The site has an index of more than 3000 web applications, covering everything from online travel services to accounting and investing web sites.

Each web app includes a brief description, a few screenshots, and reviews when available. It'd be nice if you could sort your search results by popularity. For example, when you search the photos category, Flickr shows up at the bottom of the list, even though a number of other services built around Flickr, such as 123flickr , show up near the top.

If you register for a free account, you can bookmark web applications and save them to a "Simple Sparks My Apps" folder so you can easily find them again later.

[via TechCrunch]

Tags: online applications, OnlineApplications, simple spark, SimpleSpark, web applications, WebApplications

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