Glide OS was a cross-platform
web desktop developed b
Jumptuit It was notable for operating on both desktop
operating systems
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Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also inc ...
, like Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux and its contemporary
mobile operating systems like Apple iOS, Google Android and Honeycomb, BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX), webOS, Symbian and Windows Mobile. Glide OS was compatible with a variety of
web browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Google Chrome.
History
Jumptuit (originally TransMedia) was founded by
Donald Leka
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. He began to develop a
cloud computing platform that could manage media across proprietary platforms. The Company shifted its focus from business clients to consumers unveiling Glide at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention on April 18, 2005 and launching a free consumer version on November 30, 2005.
The latest HTML5 version of Glide was 4.0 and was presented at the Harvard University Cyberposium 16 Technology Conference on November 13, 2010. The previous version, 3.0, was launched on May 20, 2008 at th
All Things Digital Conference (AllThingsD)
In 2006,
Intel announced plans to include Glide on
ultra-mobile PCs. However the project has not manifested as a consumer product.
Glide provided support for most tablets of its day, including the Apple iPad, HP Touchpad, BlackBerry Playbook, Samsung Galaxy, Motorola XOOM and most recently the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet.
Glide OS and the Company have won numerous awards, including PC World's Top 100 Products of the Year, Laptop Magazine's Top 50 Products of the Year, EContent Magazine's Top 100 Companies of the Year and Red Herring's Top 100 Companies of the Year among others.
Features
Glide featured a desktop-like interface which displayed the
Desktop, Glide
HD, and Web Portal. Glide included several
web-based applications, including an integrated
office suite,
media players
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*Digital media player, home appliances that play digital media
*Media player software, software that plays digital media
*Portable media player, portable hardware that plays digital media
*Windows Media Player
Wi ...
,
photo editor
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,
calendar software,
webmail
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, address book, micro-blogging service, publishing platform and Internet search client.
References
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External links
Jumptuit
Web desktops