ajax13.com — ajaxWrite: ajaxWrite is a web-based word processor that can read and write Microsoft Word and other open standard document formats. With the look and feel similar to Microsoft Word, ajaxWrite provides a powerful yet familiar and easy-to-use word processing environment. and more...
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nushtoNov 10, 2006
Actually, you can download PortableFirefox and use it from anywhere -- including a USB stick...<a class="user" href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable">http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable</a>It even supports in-place updates.
killabrewNov 10, 2006
This is amazing. Holy crap. Finally.
giosheNov 10, 2006
What's funny is the AjaxOS...mmm smells like Linspire with an XP look. Just put ajax in the name and there you go - the next cool OS. And how about ajaxTunes...that looks like another blockbuster similar to Lsongs.Thanks Michael. <a class="user" href="http://us.ajax13.com/en/about.jsp">http://us.ajax13.com/en/about.jsp</a>
Closed AccountNov 10, 2006
To avoid digg penalties he doesn't submit the url to his blog, he spams it in the first comment. Why shouldn't that be dugg down?
drmerusNov 10, 2006
Does not work on Opera. :(
ddukNov 11, 2006
Don't work for me either, I was told I needed to run FF1.5 or higher to acces AJAXWRITE, yet I am running FF2.0... I am running on a BSD/UNIX system AKA OSX10.4.7, this may be why. Need to check it out on Ubuntu then XP and will check back with results.
jaredingoldNov 11, 2006
Sweet... I just uninstalled all of my apps!
scottschillerNov 11, 2006
These "apps" are Firefox-only because they are XUL-based; XUL is a Mozilla XML-based UI markup language which also includes Javascript and CSS. It's what Firefox extensions and the Firefox UI (correct if I'm misguided) are written in, so I'd say the language is pretty solid and well-tested.However, it's only supported on Mozilla products at this point (and runtimes such as XULRunner.) It's cross-platform at least as opposed to IE being limited to Windows, but it still doesn't feel as "open" as a regular old HTML/CSS/Javascript(/+Flash?) app. XUL allows for more system-level access than those technologies though, which helps to make it more attractive. I'm unsure if any of Ajax13's projects are taking advantage of those kind of features.While I'm ranting, these guys lose Web 2.0 cool points for using TABLE and BR elements in the markup of their home page (XHTML Transitional DTD, in their defense; prefixing everything with "ajax" is a bit much, in addition. What happens to the products when the buzzword becomes un-cool, though? :D) If I'm not mistaken, this is a Michael Robertson (mp3.com, Lindows/Linspire) project.