WebOS

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• WebOS
• Presented by
• Chao Lin Chu

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Overview

• Introduction
• Why use WebOS?
• Current status of WebOS development
• Problems need to be solved.
• Future possibility

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Introduction

• What is WebOS?- A Virtual Computer running
  inside browser.- A computing research project
  Started at the University of California, Berkeley
  in 1996. Continued at Duke University, University
  of Texas at Austin, and the University of
  Washington.http//www.cs.duke.edu/ari/issg/webos/
  
• Here we focus on the first one.
• Is it a real OS?
• Some people call it Webtop or Web Desktop.

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Why use WebOS?

• Portable( Actually you don't have to bring any
  thing )
• May not have to buy expensive OS any more.
• Cross-platform.
• Just need browser.

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Current Status

• Craythur http//www.craythur.com/
• Desktoptwo http//desktoptwo.com/
• EyeOS http//eyeos.org/
• Glide http//www.glidedigital.com/
• Goowy http//www.goowy.com/
• Orca http//www.orcaa.com/
• Purefect http//purefect.klorofil.org/demo/
• SSOE http//giffard.dynalias.net/ssoe/
• XinDESK http//www.xindesk.com/

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Current Status

• YouOS https//www.youos.com/
• Laszlo Systemshttp//www.laszlosystems.com/
• Fenestela http//www.fenestela.com/
• Windows Live Core
• Xcerion http//xcerion.com/
• G.ho.st http//g.ho.st/

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Current Status

• Online documents
• Ajax Write http//us.ajax13.com/en/ajaxwrite/
• ZOHO Writer http//writer.zoho.com/

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Problems

• Still in early stage. The best I can see is
  beta-version.
• Slow
• Need high bandwidth.
• Functionalities are not enough compared to the OS
  we are currently using.
• Some people may think about security concern.

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Future Possibilities

• Many People say that google is the good candidate
  for Web Desktop but google denied that.
• If a startup company, like YouOS, succeeds, it
  will change the way we use computers.
• From bulky computers to laptops
• From laptops to flash drives
• From flash drives to finger(just need fingerprint
  to log in your WebOS account)
• Don't have to bring anything and remember
  password.

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Future Possibilities

• Sounds nice ?!
• We will see!