I’ve been trying to become as agile as possible when it comes to personal data in order to be able to run and test any platform of my choosing. To that end, I usually resort to web applications.That said, Chrome and its open source cousin Chromium can only be run on many (but not all) platforms:
CHROME
- Windows XP/Vista/2008/7/8
- Mac OS 10.5.6+
- Flavours of Linux – Debian, RedHat, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS
- ChromeOS
CHROMIUM
- All of the above
- BSD: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD
- Solaris and Open Indiana
- ChromiumOS
- Gentoo
Unfortunately one OS left out is HP-UX 11i. This is typically a server install, and while I know it’s no excuse, no longer has the mindshare it once enjoyed.
On to the apps!
- Google Music – free sync for up to 20000 songs. My iTunes replacement that allows offline play for iOS and Android
- Adblock – A must. I block adverts on everything.
- Google Reader – It took a very long time for me to get used to the way Google reader works, but it might actually be the best there is at the moment especially considering the aggregation of many feeds into one.
- Mint – Personal finance application I could not live without.
- IMO – Goodbye Adium, Pidgin and MSN Messenger! IMO.im is not only a multi-instance web chat client that runs everywhere, it also runs on iOS!
- Kindle Cloud Reader – Never lose your place. The web client knows where you were on your Kindle, iOS device and syncs it up for you.
- Google Finance – For stock checking and even watching mutuals. Find out when the next dividend is, sort companies by financials and even display candle graphs.
- Aviary – Has just surpassed Picnik as my only photo editor, and is now also integrated with flickr. Note that there are many Aviary editors ranging from vector to audio and even video.
- Netflix Instant Queue – I’m sure you’ve heard of this, but did you also realize that it will resume from PS3, XBOX 360, iPhone/iPad on the web? Outside of the US, we’re not able to use “Instant Queue” but this app brings it back.
- Offline Gmail – Spotty wifi? Don’t worry, Gmail offline has you covered.
- Google Voice – This doesn’t get as much hype as it should, but is a great app that can not only make calls for you, but also send SMS.