Surely the whole point of a web based OS is that it makes the desktop operating system irrelevent? If they'd done it right it wouldn't be platofrm dependent the first time around. I think they use Flash for the user interfaces, so what's the problem?
It annoys me that the web site decides that Firefox under Linux can't handle their system and blocks you from even trying. These people have a good idea but in my opinion they're doing a lot of things wrong. Their implementation is too bandwidth hungry, it's browser dependent and they ask you for your credit card details for a free trial. People on the Internet expect things for free, and they don't like putting their credit details *anywhere* unless they've already decided to make a purchase.
The applications aren't simple enough and they're divided into functions labelled with made up names which aren't necessarily intuitive.
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Surely the whole point of a web based OS is that it makes the desktop operating system irrelevent? If they'd done it right it wouldn't be platofrm dependent the first time around. I think they use Flash for the user interfaces, so what's the problem?
It annoys me that the web site decides that Firefox under Linux can't handle their system and blocks you from even trying. These people have a good idea but in my opinion they're doing a lot of things wrong. Their implementation is too bandwidth hungry, it's browser dependent and they ask you for your credit card details for a free trial. People on the Internet expect things for free, and they don't like putting their credit details *anywhere* unless they've already decided to make a purchase.
The applications aren't simple enough and they're divided into functions labelled with made up names which aren't necessarily intuitive.
Great concept, bad implementation.