Comments on: Operation Foxbook: Life Inside the Browser, So Far

By: LOLinkage | Programmer's Log

LOLinkage | Programmer's Log — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:56:19 +0000

[...] Operation Foxbook: Life Inside the Browser, So Far Living your computer life only through the browser on a netbook. [...]

By: mathiastck

mathiastck — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:34:07 +0000

You might want to try google’s chrome for this. It’s not a firefox replacement yet, but for a lot of sites it’s much faster.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:17:23 +0000

Glad to see you take up the experiment Harry. I did the same “web-only challenge” for two months using an Ultra Mobile PC to test the lack of client apps (other than Firefox, of course), cloud/web services and how well a lower powered device can handle the workload. Given the growing netbook market, I thought it worth the effort. To keep myself honest for the experiment, I posted my online Wakoopa statistics. Through that free app, my client usage was tracked and over 60 days, I used Firefox 98% of my computing time, which is about 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Have fun with it; the HP Mini-note should easily handle most, if not all, of your needs in this experiment.

By: Kyle M.

Kyle M. — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:05:16 +0000

I kind of like Splashup for online image editing. It’s a very close approximation of Photoshop’s UI (even closer than Phoenix, IMO) and syncs with Facebook, Flickr, etc.

Can’t wait to hear more of your observations. Would you buy a $200 Firefox netbook?

By: Relyt

Relyt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:09:29 +0000

Yeah, they really have a great project on their hands. Pretty neat tools so far! They just released Raven (vector) but I don’t have a high enough plan to use it (running on student discount). It sounds pretty interesting.

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:03:12 +0000

I’m Harrymccracken (simple, huh?) at Aviary. I’ve only used Phoenix so far, but will dig into the other stuff, too–I admire what they’re trying to do…

By: Relyt

Relyt — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:59:27 +0000

I use Aviary and was in the private beta….what is your name on the site? What do you think of the tools? I personally love Phoenix but find Peacock confusing!

Good luck on the rest of your voyage….

By: marty_k

marty_k — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:28:50 +0000

Try http://www.picnik.com/ for image editing. It’s not a Photoshop substitute but should do for simple editing ;-)