Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Are You A Peepel Person?

What is Peepel? (www.peepel.com)
Peepel is an Online Office Suite, it provides the users with the freedom to communicate and work online (and, before long, offline) without the expense of propriety software, the technical hassles and the inevitable pain of upgrading both operating systems and applications. They have spreadsheets, word proccessor and more...

It is very impressive and holds much promise, this is an alternative to the web based docs and spreadsheets that promises soon to allow the use off and on line of the app and related files.

I have used the Google apps to much utility in the past 2 months or so and find now that I fire up the web based apps first to do my work unless I need to really make a complicated doc or spreadsheet. Having the ability to work in one browser page makes this new application unique. You can have both a spreadsheet and document open on the same "desktop", I like the speed and look of the app so far. You have a toolbar floating above the windows, it changes like the ribbon bar on Office 2007 and more importantly changes as you change windows.

What Peepel Offers:

  • Peepel Desktop is the technology that enables multiple PeepelWindows and applications opened in the one browser window.
  • Peepel WebWriter is a simple word processor. It can be used from any modern browser.
  • Peepel WebSheet is a spreadsheet. Access your spreadsheet files from anywhere.
  • PeepelPanel stays at the top of Peepel Desktop and changes for each application you are using.
  • Peepel TaskBar allows users to easily see what files are open by bringing the relevant PeepelWindow to the top of the Desktop.
  • Peepel WorkSpace Manager is used to save a desktop layout, and return to it anytime easily.

Bottom Line:
Peepel is a unique approach to online office applications, allowing multiple applications to run in the same window. Users can open as many applications as they wish in multiple resizable PeepelWindows within the one browser window. Peepel is in early stages at the moment, but keep an eye out for tight integration between all the applications.

Peeple Demonstration Video:

Guy Levin

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