Tag Archives: webapps

HTML5 ‘Ribbon’ Interface for Web Apps In The Works

The ‘Ribbon’ interface Microsoft introduced with Office 2007 provided an innovative approach to the use and layout of toolbars in applications.

Following the release, OpenOffice toyed with the idea of creating a similar ‘tabbed toolbar’ concept for use with its own office suite. Whilst the mock-ups and discussions never bore much in the way of fruit for OpenOffice the idea of a ‘ribbon’ for use in open-sources apps hasn’t been abandoned.

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GNOME 3 Adding ‘Web App’ Mode

Chrome has them, Firefox has them and, soon, so will GNOME 3. What am I wittering on about? Web apps.

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How to enable web apps in Google Chrome on Ubuntu

With Google gearing up to launch the Chrome Web Store December 7th now is the perfect time to get a sneak preview of how webapps are going to look in Chrome.

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Microsoft Office web apps now available in the UK

Microsoft have finally launched their free online Office Suite (termed ‘office web app’) to UK users as part of SkyDrive – Microsoft’s cloud storage platform. We’ve all been sent at least one document file created in Microsoft office that ends up looking mangled when importing into OpenOffice or Google Docs – for those times this free web [...]

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Google Chrome “App Pack” PPA

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Want some perfectly placed, ready made Chrome Web App shortcuts but can’t be bothered to do it yourself? Just as you can install Prism apps for several Google webapps, the following PPA contains ready-made Chrome shortcuts and installs them into the correct folders within your menus. Saving you all of 3 minutes. The web-apps included  [...]

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ChromeOS Application Icons

The ChromeOS application menu has some pretty cool icons for applications – so much so I’ve cheekily popped some of them here for your downloadable convenience. All are 128×128 and would look great in docks and menus for your webapps. Right click and save as to download. Mail [GMail, Hotmail/LiveMail, Yahoo! Mail] Google Apps [Calendar, [...]

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