Online Replacements for Desktop Apps?

Jon_Aquino asks: "I'd like to share this Google Groups thread of free online replacements for desktop apps. Some of the gems are: an online UML diagrammer, an online Paintbrush app, online Post-It notes, an incredibly realistic text-to-speech converter, and an online spreadsheet. What are other cool online desktop-app replacements?"

Comments

Minesweeper, etc.

[Carnildo]

I saw an online Minesweeper replacement somewhere. Only worked with Mozilla, though.

Re:Minesweeper, etc.

[jon787]

Debian has minesweeper in aptitude

Re:Minesweeper, etc.

[Anonymous Coward]

I saw an online Minesweeper replacement somewhere. Only worked with Mozilla, though.

That'll be Xulmine, available from games.mozdev.org.

Re:Minesweeper, etc.

[AdamPiotrZochowski]

There is the lights switch game:

http://binertia.com/lightswitch.html

press such combination that all squares are
yellow at the same time. It has been done.

and this works in IE5+/NS5+/Moz/FireFox/Opera

enjoy

--
/apz, simple puzzle games are the best

Re:Minesweeper, etc.

[Anonymous Coward]

Stuff Minesweeper! How about an online replacement for Lemmings!

Its Usenet not google groups.

[maelstrom]

Sheesh.

Re:Its Usenet not google groups.

[TCM]

"Funny" doesn't give karma.

The best one...

[Dr. Bent]

The Google Calculator

The Horde Projects.

[ron_ivi]

http://www.horde.org/projects.php

These guys have great webmail(Imp) ; nice web based file managers (Gollem); a nice CVS viewer.

From their FAQ

Horde is both a piece of software and a project. The Horde Project comprises a set of Web-based productivity, messaging, and project-management applications, each of which is described below. The Horde Framework is a common code-base used by Horde applications, including libraries and a common user interface.

The Horde Framework doesn't do anything on its own; as a user, you will always be interacting with a Horde-based application.

Webware directory

[nemexi]

A comprehensive directory of web applications can be found here (link mentioned in the usenet thread).

Online Java-based SSH Client

[ocknock]

Mindterm's Java-based SSH client is perfect for when you can't or don't want to install PuTTY on a public Windows machine and still need SSH access to a remote machine.

The SSH client is widely available from various sources, particularly universities. Just Google for "mindterm ssh" to find a location near you.
One caveat: I've only used this using Internet Explorer (since that is always on a public Windows machine), but the SSH client is also supposed to work with Netscape.

Re:Online Java-based SSH Client

[evilviper]

Mindterm's Java-based SSH client is perfect for when you can't or don't want to install PuTTY on a public Windows machine and still need SSH access to a remote machine.

I wish it was, but no... Thanks to the security restrictions of Java, it can be a real PITA.

Basically, if it's on the same server you want to connect to, then you're okay with basic SSH... But in my experience, companies don't keep their SSH server on the same site as their webserver, so that's not much of an option.

Now then, to connect to an other site than the one the applet is running on (or to do any port fowarding) you have to install mindterm's SSL cert, which you probably can't do on a secured public terminal.

Best free online TTS around

[mbaciarello]

http://actor.loquendo.com The best-sounding TTS program I ever heard, for any language I speak. Outputs mp3's up to 30 seconds in length, and even longer wav's. It's down right now... Slashdotted?

Castlevania, StreetFighter and more....

[Tmack]

Here and here.

some use an emulator plugin, but alot just use shockwave/flash.

Tm

And for weblogs...

[scrm]

There's a very interesting post on kottke.org that discusses online applications in relation to weblogs. I quote:

Taking the weblog example to the extreme, you could use TypePad to write a weblog entry; Flickr to store your photos; store some mp3s (for an mp3 blog) on your ISP-hosted shell account; your events calendar on Upcoming; use iCal to update your personal calendar (which is then stored on your .Mac account); use GMail for email; use TypeKey or Flickr's authentication system to handle identity; outsource your storage/backups to Google or Akamai; you let Feedburner "listen" for new content from all those sources,
transform/aggregate/filter it all, and publish it to your Web space; and you manage all this on the Web at each individual Web site or with a Watson-ish desktop client.

bloglines.com

[panck]

bloglines.com is an excellent replacement for your desktop RSS newsfeed aggregator. Once I started using it, I was hooked. Those desktop aggregators waste RAM, network bandwidth, and constantly bug you when there are new feed items to read. the online replacement is a definite improvement. they also have a notifier popup window via web or downloadable app for your OS if you simply must be informed of new items.

I could keep raving about why it's better, but you should just try it :)