This is a few weeks old, but I did want to point to this article. It reviews a number of “web tops”, or web-based desktops. Calling them web OS’s is a bit grandiose, but if you accept for the moment the idea that to many people, the desktop *is* the OS, then you can get by this bit of semantic overreach.
What still consistently amazes me is that so many offerings simply recreate the tired old desktop/file/folder (and now “widget”) design. Some do it better than others, but it seems like everyone is stuck in this metaphor. What happened to 3D spaces where you could organize your “stuff” in nooks and crannies? What about more integrated views of people’s frequently used data?
Web As Desktop: 20 Web operating systems reviewed – Lifehacker
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