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Glide unveils new version of web OS
What sets Glide apart from many of its competitors is that Glide offers a suite of tools that let you synchronize your files with a Windows, Mac, Linux, or Solaris machine. There's also Glide Sync software for a number of mobile phone models. Free account holders get up to 5GB of web space, and if you need more, you can shell out a few bucks a month for additional storage.
One of the new features in Glide OS 3 is a Glide Group tool that adds social networking features. You can communicate with other Glide users by sending messages or sharing media files.
[via WebWare]
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Marco said 8:00AM on 5-31-2008
Funny idea. I wonder how many more Desktop systems will start until they realize that's it's gonna be the wrong way. What users need is a REAL central place for existing things and not one more Web 2.0 service with new features.
And the most important thing might be a fast system.
Who wants 655 million colors, animation effects and so on.
A real easy-to-use 90% text-based Desktop would be excellent and not an image-overloaded-system in my opinion.
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Jeebus said 3:03PM on 5-31-2008
Can I open a browser inside Glide, and surf the tubes?
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keenan said 7:29PM on 6-05-2008
yeah, you could open a browser inside your browser. but why would you want to? it would slow down your computer from running virtual machines. but then you also have to consider, what if i was on dialup and needed to access the os? the point is it would take an hour to bring up the main page, and then to try and do work, you have to be kidding. i am not on dialup, but when you are mobile you will not always have highspeed or dsl. i like the fact that it will sync with mobile devices, but you really think our cellphone is powerful enough to use the modern web apps of today? not right now. soon maybe, but not right now.
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