OpenOffice.org, In A Browser
An open source competitor to Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org is traditionally an offline software. Now, there is a way to run OpenOffice.org in a browser, and that’s thanks to Ulteo, a startup that is working on an online desktop, and wants to integrate OpenOffice.org into its application.
You do need to have Java installed to use it, and it’s in beta right now, so you can’t really use it at full power. But still, it exists and somewhere in the future we’ll be able to use it just like we would on our own PC. Just need to get out some of the kinks, like the slow loading time or the difficulty in navigating between the windows.
Once it’s launched, you will be able to access an office suite that has a lot of options and you’ll also get 1GB of space to store your documents. If you got your doubts about this, have no fear, the man behind Ulteo is the founder of Mandriva Linux, Gael Duval.
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