SilveOS.com
SilveOS.com is a Silverlight operating system (sometimes called a Web OS or a Webtop
or a cloud computer). It is is a website that simulates an operating system inside
your web browser. SilveOS.com replicates the desktop environment of a modern operating
system. It can give you a familiar work interface that looks the same whether you’re
working at your home computer, or remotely from a borrowed or public computer. You
can launch applications right away without installation.
SilveOS.com is web-based and requires Silverlight 3
to operate. Application runs in Silverlight’s security sandbox. By default code
is restricted from accessing your file system or doing anything that could hurt
your machine. Besides desktop, taskbar, start menu and sidebar, currently it includes
such applications:
- File Explorer
- Internet Explorer
- Video Player
- Rich test editor
- RSS reader
- Virtual PC
- Notepad
- Paint
- Twitter client
- Flickr viewer
- Youtube viewer
- Virtual Earth
- Chat
- Calculator
- Games like Chess, Solitaire, Spider etc.e
The system also supports installing program functionality. But this program should
be developed in Silverlight and be available in Internet or local file system.
SilveOS.com advantages:
- Convenience and freedom - A personalized desktop is available and accessible
from any computer in the world.
- No more administration - No more software installation, software update,
worry about anti-virus.
- Security - Less prone to typical attacks, viruses, worms, vulnerabilities,
spyware and disk crashes.
- Hardware - Performance doesn't depend much on the speed of your computer.
- Entertainment - Being online, SilveOS.com offers more opportunities for communicating
and entertainment.
- Cost - It is free.
Questions about the SilveOS.com can be asked at http://forum.silveos.com
This content requires Microsoft Silverlight.