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Ew! Sticky!: An evaluation of Goowy

Dec 4, 2006
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Goowy is a web-based operating system. Written in Flash, Goowy has been designed and developed by four developers since March of 2005. It is a closed system that seems to try to build off of the mac UI(with bouncing icons and such). It comes complete with an instant messenger, email, contacts, calander, news/rss, and file storage. It even gives you your own email address. username@goowy.com. Sounds like A great deal? Well lets look at it:

Plus side of Goowy(compared to other webOSes)

Easy to use GUI
Useful applications
Good amount of storage(2GB)
Easy way to access email

Down side of Goowy(compared to other webOSes)

No current way to develop for it
Not many applications
Requires Flash(it makes it look good but it is easier to use other webOSes such as eyeOS or YouOS

Conclusion:
It is a very nice service and the developers have put a lot of work into it. It really is a nice experience. With that said there are flaws such as you cant develop for it, leaving the developers with the server side, user end, and all the apps. It is worth a try but before settling on anyone WebOS please check out the other Weboses(we have previously reviewed eyeOS and YouOS)

Screenshots:

Goowy Minis

Goowyminis

File Storage:

Goowyfilestorage

Goowy Dashboard:

Goowydashboard

eyeOS:

Nov 14, 2006
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EyeOS is Web Operating System that takes a different approach to WebOS. While YouOS looks like A linux desktop, eyeOS is its own completely different approach. EyeOS consists of a mash up of PHP, JavaScript, and CSS. Like YouOS, it provides online storage. Unlike YouOS, eyeOS server can be downlaoded for use and it is completely open source. It does not have anywhere near as many apps as YouOS and its app development scheme is harder to coup with then YouOS. You can try out eyeOs on the test server or you can download the server for your own private use.

There are many differences between eyeOS and YouOS but the goal is the same. A great webOS!