A huge Paradigm-Shift towards an Integrated Working Environment

Posted by donleone
Apr 6, 2014 at 09:01 PM

Originally inspired by this former thread started of mine,
in search of the ideal best possible multiple spreadsheet-integrated working environment:

http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/5031/0/tree-outliner-with-internal-excel-full-edit-ribbon-viewer

it finally dawned on me to leave behind the going extinct OLE framework
for its convenient in-place / in-line integrated editing ability of documents
(because of its soo great scarcity of available software that could truly do in-line in-place EDITING)

and go instead unto the new paradigm, which i like to term OLE-INE
(aka. an golden mixture solution of OLE (symbolic of an offline app) and ONLINE (that but is loaded with online apps !),
in demand to the trend of ever-more and more online tools/apps appearing on the market,
and the ever growing need to MANAGE all of these apps efficiently - in an INTEGRATED workspace fashion.

HERE THUS A SCREENSHOT
of what such an integrated end-result could look like:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/12285943/UNLIMITED_MDI_VIA_BROWSER.jpg

in which we have COMBINED:

1. Online Excel OneDrive (former Skydrive), available for FREE.

with

2. Online Word OneDrive (former Skype), available for FREE.

with

3. OneDrive itself used as file storage + as NAVIGATIONal TREE, also all for FREE.

motivated therefore, by this so simple & ingenuously expandable INTEGRATION SUCCESS,

i am thus purposed to leave the last decade OLE behind,

and go for the next decade OLE-INE integration.

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THE 3 KEY REQUIREMENTS
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1. You need ONLINE APPS
(such as, e.g. spreadsheet, word processing,
outlining, todolist , or whatever else you can think of)

= for this we have limited our selection to
Online Spreadsheet & Online Office apps.

2. You need A COMBINED INTERFACE
(from which you access & manage all these nice apps,
favorably in a Multiple Windows program (aka. MDI environment)

= for this we have limited our selection to
- Multiple Windows Browsers (true MDI),
- Outliners with Internal Browsers,
- Other Tools with Internal browsers

3. You need a CENTRALIZED DATA STORAGE with Backup
(either Dropbox, or Cloud, or just on your own server)

= such as the Skydrive/Onedrive and OfficeApps integration for example.

So what tools can help us to achieve this
Integrated-Multi-Window-Application-Workspace-Goal?

Here are some gathered ideas:

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Online Spreadsheet / Online Office Options
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Zoho Sheet (http://www.zoho.com/docs/online-spreadsheet.html)

Smartsheet.com (http://www.smartsheet.com/)

ThinkFree Office (http://www.thinkfree.com/main.jsp)

Ethercalc (https://ethercalc.org/1vr98tm2yk)

SecureSheet (http://securesheet.com/)

ContactOffice (http://www.contactoffice.com/)

Excel Web App / One Drive (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/online/)

Google Spreadsheets / Google Drive (http://docs.google.com )

OR AT BEST ( for maximum data security & privacy )
you can put a spreadsheet application ON YOUR OWN SERVER if you have,
such as a joomla spreadsheet app or the like, and then login & use it from there.

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Multiple Windows Browsers (true MDI Browsers)
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Lunascape (http://www.lunascape.tv/products/win/orion/img/en/Orion13.png + http://www.lunascape.tv/)

Crazy Browser (http://www.crazybrowser.com/)

Firefox FoxSplitter (https://addons.cdn.mozilla.net/img/uploads/previews/full/11/11593.png?modified=1331247702)

Acco Browser (http://www.acoobrowser.com/screen.php)

Avant Browser (http://www.avantbrowser.com/help/images/ab.gif + http://www.avantbrowser.com)

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Outliners WITH Internal Browsers
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WINDOWS
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IMiser Research Assistant (http://www.internetresearchtool.com/screenshots.htm)

Ultra Recall Internal Browser (http://www.kinook.com/UltraRecall/Screenshots/BrowserView.jpg + http://www.kinook.com/)