OFFICE TOOLS

Zoho - Office suite including word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, wiki, CRM, and other applications. It makes heavy use of the AJAX technology to allow a rich user interface. Most applications can be used free of charge.

Google Docs & Spreadsheets - It allows users to create and edit documents and spreadsheets online while collaborating in real-time with other users. A third product for presentations, includes technology designed by Tonic Systems, is expected for the summer of 2007.

ThinkFree - An office suite written in Java includes a word processor (Write), a spreadsheet (Calc) and a presentation program (Show). ThinkFree Office has a look and feel similar to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, allowing users to switch over easily. Includes 1GB of storage.

ajax13 - ajaxWrite; ajaxSketch; ajaxXLS; ajaxPresents; ajaxTunes

PHOTO EDITORS

Picnik - Flash based, fastest, and the most intuitive. Once you are done editing, you can transfer your photos directly to Flickr.

Fauxto - Flash-based Photoshop look-alike with layers.

Pixenate - Ajax based editor, a great user interface with the main features highlighted on large icons. The basic “enhance” feature does a very good job of fixing the obvious problems with pictures.

Preloadr - Flickr-specific tool that uses the Flickr API, even for account sign-in. The service includes basic cropping, sharpening, color correction and other tools to enhance images.

CALENDARS

Google Calendar - Ajax driven contact and time-management web application offered by Google. It allows users to synchronize their Gmail contacts with a web-based calendar.

30 Boxes - Ajax-based online personal organizer with strong social aspects. It consists of several applications including a critically acclaimed calendar, to do lists, identity aggregation, event mapper, people search, and web desktop.

INSTANT MESSENGERS

Meebo - In-browser instant messaging program which supports multiple IM services, including Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, and Jabber. It looks and behaves like a Windows application thanks to some clever JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, and AJAX

eBuddy - Web & mobile messenger which supports various instant messaging clients including MSN Messenger, Yahoo! and AIM. It was one of the first web-based messengers online. Consequently, it hasn’t changed much: It still uses regular old school HTML frames, tables and page refreshes. It doesn’t run in a single window, instead, using popups for contact lists as well as conversations.

FEED READERS

Google Reader
Bloglines
Gritwire
News Alloy
NewsGator Online
Rojo

VIDEO EDITORS

Eyespot and Jumpcut are two new webapps that lets you upload, edit and share videos online.

CALCULATOR

Google Calculator
Calcoolate
Instacalc

STORAGE

Xdrive - Free 5GB of online storage offered by AOL. Desktop client is avaliable with backup/restore functionality.

Omnidrive - Free 1GB of online storange, 5GB/month bandwith. Desktop client avaliable. It’s also a system that integrates the files you’ve stored on various Web services into one virtual drive, which you can access from your own computer’s desktop (or from its Web interface). All Zoho office apps have been integrated into Omnidrive.

Xmail Hard Drive - Web-based service allows you to use the space in your Gmail account as free network storage and upload and download files via their web-based interface. There is also a featured called “fling it” that emails a file to any gmail contact stored in the gmail account. If the person doens’t have a gmail account, they will have to get one and use xmhd to open the file.

MediaMax - Free 25 GB of online storage, 1GB/month bandwith, send files up to 10 MB in size.

OTHERS

Google Notebook - Provides a simple way to save and organize clips of information when conducting research online. This personal browser tool permits a user to write notes, and to clip text, images, and links from pages during browsing. These are saved to an online “notebook” with sharing and collaboration features.