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An alternative operating system for the masses.. Did you get the idea..

Simple, slick user friendly, beautiful desktop for normal people.

Out of the box, just works!

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Previously mentioned goowy has been updated with new features. Well if you don't know yet what goowy is all about then here it is -

What is Goowy?

• Manage your personal communications including advanced email, contacts, calendar, and integrated instant messaging (Just Released 2GB for free) all from one place anytime, anywhere.
• Organize your digital content using our virtual file storage (Just Released 1GB space for free). Upload your music, pictures, documents and more. Access and share your files from any computer.
• Get all of your information from across the web in one place by using our Minis for weather, news, rss, flickr, itunes, audio, video, bookmarks, to do, stock quotes and more!

The Interface has been redesigned and now more user friendly and nicer look. Lets go though their new niche interface. [More]

Flickr AutoDownloadr grabs any Flickr user's photostream and displays it as a slideshow on your computer.

Select photos by tag, set, someone's favorites, or date posted. Display them in order of interestingness or date posted. This is fantastic – especially for viewing photos you've marked as a favorite, the ones I always forget about – but my only wish is that the slideshow was screensaver-able. The Flickr AutoDownloadr is a free download

What is Goowy?

• Manage your personal communications including advanced email, contacts, calendar, and integrated instant messaging (coming soon) all from one place anytime, anywhere.
• Organize your digital content using our virtual file storage (coming soon). Upload your music, pictures, documents and more. Access and share your files from any computer.
• Get all of your information from across the web in one place by using our Minis for weather, news, rss, flickr, itunes, audio, video, bookmarks, to dos, stock quotes and more!

Here are some Screenshots from their Site:

The Default Home Page View

Below is a screen shot of the manage widgets view where you can configure your widgets.

Below is a screen shot of the goowy (web) navigation bar.  From left to right the icons are desktop icon (which clears whatever you are looking at and shows your goowy virtual desktop), widgets, games, mail, contacts, calendar, options, help and logout.  Additionally there is an inline google web search.

Below is a screen shot of the email view.  You get powerful functionality including auto-refresh, drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts, contact auto-complete and more!

Below is a screen shot of the calendar view.  The calendar allows you to set meetings, label events, invite people, get reminders and more!

Sign up – It’s Free and It’s Web 2.0

Strategic Public Relations Blog has a nice list of Flickr hacks, tips, and ideas.

Flickr Portfolio: Face it. Attachments suck. If you’re angling for a new job and simply HAVE to show them a media placement, you can create a Flickr clip book. Scan reprints or use images from the article to link to it online. This works even better for any printed materials you’ve created. Just be sure to adhere to online copyright rules and regs.