For years now the internet has slowly chipped away at the desktop. In fact many of us have used some forms of web based application or "weblications" with little note. One popular example may be your email client, most people now will use some form of web based email client (Gmail, Hotmail, etc). Or how about map software, i find little need to actually buy a full blown map application since sites like Google Maps and Mapquest all suffice for my basic needs. So what holds us all back from fully converting to using our web browser as the platform for all our programs? Below I've compiled a list of weblications that have replace traditional desktop software. What is the missing piece in the web based application market?

Encyclopedia, Reference Software - Google and other search engines
Email Client - Gmail, Hotmail, etc
Office Suite - ThinkFree Office Suite
Map Software - Mapquest, Google Maps, etc
Billing / Inventory Software - Or own Sysbotz Enterprise solution
CRM - SalesForce, SugarCRM, etc
Solitaire - ???
Could Solitaire be for some the last standing obstacle till we all switch to web-based applications for good? Long has the game of Solitaire been the barometer of when an OS is desktop ready. So is this missing piece holding you back from using the web browser as the platform of choice? If so we have you covered with a web-based version of Solitaire.

Requirements

It requires a modern web browser. For best results we actually recommend IE5+ or Opera 7+. It works fine on Firefox and Netscape 7+ other than an annoying quirk when dragging cards causes the page to be selected (I could not find a workaround for this quirk).

Download : libpng-0.71_1.zip
Description : this is a version of PNG library re-compiled for both WIN32 and MFC. You can find the source code and the compiled library inside.
Recall that it needs the WIN32 compiled ZLIB library to work.
You can download the full documentation too.


Download : zlib-0.93.zip
Description : this a version of the ZLIB library re-compiled for both WIN32 and MFC. You can find the source code and the compiled library inside.


Download : palette_builder.zip
Description : it builds and handles resizeable palettes.
It features : a number of predefined palettes, extracting color informations from .MAP, .BMP, .GIF files,colors space transformation ( HSV , CMY , XYZ , ITU , YUV ... ) , palette color manipulation , color cycling. Easy to be embedded.


Download : complex.zip
Description : a data type handling complex numbers :
all operators, all direct and inverse, trigonometric, hyperbolics, exponential and power functions. Now implementing forward and inverse stereographic projection onto the Riemann sphere, related measure computation and additional features.


Download : geometricalAssistant.zip
Description : it performs 3D rotation, perspective and axonometries, stereographic ( using tangent line ) and sphere ( using secant line ) projections of a plane onto a sphere of equation x2+y2+z2 = 1.


Download : Mobius.zip
Description : A C++ class handling M?bius (linear fractional / homographic) transformations.
Download : quaternion.zip
Description : a data type handling quaternion numbers (based onto the code of Andrew Burbanks and expanded by me): all basic operators, direct and inverse trigonometric, hyperbolic and exponential functions.


Download : CoordsRemapper.zip
Description : it maps window coordinates into a rectangle region whose limits are defined by user.


Download : RayTracer.zip
Description : Lambertian and Phong illumination models are easy now.
It supports special illumination for quaternion Julia Sets.
Don't lose it if you are a fractal coder.


Download : photoclick.zip
Description : freeze screenshots from a choosen window.


Download : registryhandler.zip
Description : Use this class for managing easily the Windows Registry.


Download : imageallocator.zip
Description : It's easy now to build an 32 bits aligned image buffer.
Only for indexed, RGB, CMYK images.


Download : sinus_progress_ctrl.zip
Description : A MFC progress control displaying two trigonometric functions instead the usual rectangles.


Download : prompt_edit.zip , VC++ project
Description : A MFC progress edit box prompting the user to insert command. This component is spread with a Visual C++ project (as example) or in stand-alone files to be implemented.

Like to take online quizzes? Here we have created a very simple and yet powerful quiz program, available for you to download and set up on your own computer or website. You can have as many quizzes as you want, and as many questions as you want for each quiz. All we ask is that you leave a notice of our authorship at the bottom of the page.

Phong is an incredible ping-pong game with an even more impressive AI (artificial intelligence). Play against the computer, and see if you can win (take it for us, it's possible). We encourage DHTML programmers to check the source to see how Michael managed this impressive DHTML feat...

Play even the classic game of Blackjack in JavaScript! (You might also know it as "21") The object of the game is to get the closest to 21. If you get higher than the dealer without going over, you win! Good luck, and don't gamble. ;-)