The Web OS. It’s Coming, Just Not Too Soon.
The Web OS. Sounds like a nice idea, right? Sure, everything out in the cloud, secured with industrial-strength redundancy. Why not? Sign me up. But is it really any good when applied in the present day in real-world scenarios? Not so much. Why? All technological ducks are not neatly aligned in that proverbial row.
Though some of the examples of these idealistic systems we see now – which Samuel Dean of Web Worker Daily offers a good comprehensive look at – are visually quite appealing, they can’t quite stand as primary computing solutions for everyday PC users.
But Web OSes themselves will be no more than novelties, for several more years. Until we can recognize them as “standard”, anyway That isn’t to say current efforts to build these systems are done in vain. Far from it. They provide the bedrock for what we can expect 5+ years from now. They show what is possible, if only wired and wireless connections can be viewed as ubiquitous.
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