online operating systems: Desktoptwo

Posted on | August 13, 2006 | No Comments

Desktoptwo is a web-based desktop-environment introduced on TechCrunch recently. currently in beta, Desktoptwo is based on the spanish-only computadora, an online service offering email, IM, calendar and storage to currently 100.000 subscribers. unlike YouOS (which I wrote about a few days ago), Desktoptwo is 100% flash-based. applications include mail-client, IM-messenger (MSN, Jabber, Gtalk – no AIM-support yet), blogging-tools, address book and mp3-player. beta-accounts include 1gbyte file-storage on desktoptwo’s servers, accessible only through the flash-desktop.

Sapotek, the mexican-american company behind Desktoptwo, will most likely position the product as a closed web-service. there seem to be no plans on offering APIs for third-party developers, which is a substantial disadvantage in comparison to open projects like YouOS, which currently offers hundreds of extensions.

 

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