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Netjaxer – Integrate Web 2.0 with your desktop

Posted in Tech by Derek at 6:59 pm
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Netjaxer is an easy way to integrate your favorite web apps into Windows. Create a desktop or quick launch icon. Load any web page when Windows starts and run it as a tray icon.

If you actively maintain or access accounts on any of todays Web 2.0 services (I’m beginning to hate term) including Gmail, Digg, 43Things, and Writely, Netjaxer may hold the key to integrating your “favorite” services directly into your desktop environment and work flow.

By the way, when was Gmail deemed a Web 2.0 service?

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11 Responses to “Netjaxer – Integrate Web 2.0 with your desktop”

  1. Jake says:
    2/26/2006 at 2:36 am

    “By the way, when was Gmail deemed a Web 2.0 service?”
    I always considered it to be Web 2.0..

  2. Derek says:
    2/26/2006 at 3:56 am

    what exactly makes the service a web2.0 service? is it the tag like labels? i don’t see any sort of sharing going on.

  3. Joe Anderson says:
    2/26/2006 at 6:59 am

    I wonder why this is such a big deal. You could just make the icons manually!

  4. Derek says:
    2/26/2006 at 11:16 am

    well i guess the “advantage” is that these services launch in their own windows like a stand alone application minus the navigation bar.

  5. Joe Anderson says:
    2/26/2006 at 11:54 am

    But most people want their navigation bar. And also, do these open as HTAs?

  6. Emory says:
    2/26/2006 at 1:15 pm

    Ok, did I miss something? When did everything become “Web2.0″? I don’t understand the difference! Whats so much different from these “web2.0″ services that other sites have? WHAT IS WEB2.0????

  7. Derek says:
    2/26/2006 at 5:31 pm

    emory: you might want to read here.

  8. RyanB says:
    2/26/2006 at 7:40 pm

    I have to agree with Joe. You can basically do this yourself, minus a system tray icon. But since I don’t like the Sys Tray much, I usually disable programs from running in it.

  9. Justin says:
    2/27/2006 at 1:32 am

    Hey! You never posted about 43things.com did you? (!!) Thanks to this post, I discovered it and along with it 43places, the coolest website I’ve visited all year. I ask so many questions to people around the country/world :)

  10. Emory says:
    2/27/2006 at 9:25 pm

    thanks Derek!

  11. Rick says:
    2/27/2006 at 10:35 pm

    Thanks for the tip. Very nice program.

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