ZimDesk: nice looking web desktop if that's your sort of thing

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ZimDesk: nice looking web desktop if that's your sort of thing

by Brad Linder Sep 26th 2007

We've been over this before. We don't really see the point of web-based "operating systems." You've already got an operating system, and if you need a place to store your data online or access office tools like word processors and spreadsheets, you already have a ton of options which perform better than any webOS we've seen. But companies continue to pump out webtops anyway.

And we have to say, there's something we like about ZimDesk. It has a attractive graphics and a well organized menu system. Rather than group items together in the typical Windows-style pop up menu, you can choose from office applications, internet, media, or games. Some of the games are kind of fun, and the word processor and spreadsheet applications are perfectly serviceable.

But we still have to laugh whenever we open the web browser in a web-based desktop. Because essentially we're opening a web browser inside of a web browser. Yeah, loading pages has got to be more efficient that way, right? Unfortunately we weren't able to launch ZimDesk inside of the ZimNav virtual browser. When we tried, a new instance of ZimDesk opened in a new Firefox tab.

[via Killer Startups]

Tags: webos, webtop, zimdesk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

croser said 8:22AM on 10-02-2007

what comes first for me when talking about "nice looking" is a combination of visual homogenity and usability. and this is basically what lacks zimdesk (as well as most other webtops unfortunately) - to the best of my knowledge, the only system that makes an actual difference is the online operating system at http://www.oos.cc - or do you know other ones?

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