In around 1980’s when computer came , we had operating systems like DOS and Unix which provided users with Character User Interface.The windows operating system came up with the Graphical User Interface and came with easy way of accessing programs & applications. This was the era of desktop based software.In 1990, Tim Burners Lee created the first browser and thus we entered the world of web.Web has evolved from the static sites to dynamic sites,the content management systems to SaaS(Software as a Service) which is also referred to as on demand software.So a software wont consume your Desktop space and you would be able to run it on the web,if you are able to find the right online replacement.
The commonly used software is Microsoft Office,its free online replacement is Google Docs.So, Google Docs give you a functionality of accessing the Word,Excel and powerpoint packages on the move.Flash is used to create animations,toufee.com and animoto.com provide the users facility to create animations with a little fee. There are online replacements for pdf to word converter,pdf unlocker etc.The WebOSes include ICloud,Glide OS,JOLICLOUD,EyeOS,Chromium OS etc.
Prezi is the online replacement for Microsoft powerpoint.There are various antiviruses which offer online scan services too.http://housecall.trendmicro.com/, at this link you will get Trend Micro online scan free.There are various network related tools at Dnsstuff.com.Nmap scan is also available online at http://nmap-online.com/.(Nmap is popular port scanning tool.It is open source and free.)
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Desktop Software |
Web Alternative |
Description |
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Microsoft Powerpoint |
Prezi,Sliderocket |
Used to make presentations |
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Microsoft Office |
Google Docs,Office 365 |
Word Processor |
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Microsoft Photoshop |
Animoto.com,aviary,splashup |
Image processing software |
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Winrar |
Webozip |
A file zipping utility |
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Bitcomet,Utorrent |
Bitlet |
Replaces Torrentclient |
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Itunes |
Moof |
A player to listen audio songs |
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Nmap,Zenmap |
A port scanner |
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Adobe Flash |
Animation software |
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Windows,Linux |
Chromium OS |
Operating System |
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Avast,Norton Anti Virus |
Various vendors providing online services like TrendMicro ,http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ |
Antivirus software |
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Gtalk,Yahoo Messenger |
Meebo |
Chat Clients |
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Doc to pptx converter or vice versa |
Zamzar |
File conversion software |
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Microsoft Visio |
Giffy |
Flowchart and workflow software |
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mIRC |
Mibbit |
Internet relay chat |
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Microsoft Project,Open Work bench |
Liquid planner,goplan |
Project Management Software |
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SAP,Microsoft Dynamics |
Openbravo |
ERP |
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Microsoft Dynamics |
Sugar CRM |
Customer Relationship Management |
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Tally |
Less Accounting |
Accounting Software |
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Acrobat Reader |
PDF escape |
PDF reader |
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Keepass,Roboform |
Lastpass |
Password manager |
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A fax machine |
Faxzero |
The software replaces a fax machine |
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Calc with Windows |
Instacalc |
Calculator |
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Microsoft OneNote |
Evernote |
Notepad |
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VCD cutter,Moviemaker |
Jaycut |
Video Editing Software |
Soon most of our applications will migrate to the Web and give us the ultimate experience of accessing them anytime & anywhere.
