Now Spotify is an official appli of Jolicloud

A few weeks ago we explained how to use Spotify on Jolicloud with Wine.

But just now, the Jolicloud has announced that the Spotify appli is available for direct install in the Applis directory!

Well Done !

And also some invitations for Spotify are available on Jolicloud web site.

On this occasion, our friends at Spotify have given us free invites for our Jolicloud users in France, Spain and the UK. If you live in one of those countries, you can click on the following link to sign up and create your Spotify account now: https://www.spotify.com/en/get-started/.

If you live in another country where Spotify is open (Sweden, Finland or Norway) and still wish to create an account, email us at operation.spotify@jolicloud.com. We’ll see what we can do!

PS: Note: for those of you who have manually installed Spotify before, you can uninstall your previous version by going to Home Jolicloud (blue house) . And by clicking on “Uninstall Wine Software” in “Wine” and selecting “Spotify” to start the uninstall process.

Tip: How to add a Web appli to your Jolicloud netbook

If you can not wait that the Jolicloud team prepares for you a Web application, here is a short procedure for doing that yourself.

But, first let me thank Keith Rowland who wrote it in his blog Looking Out For Number One because I had just copy/pasted its own text ;-)

For doing that you need to launch Prism an application created by Mozilla (the makers of Firefox, Thunderbird, ...) that comes integrated in the Jolicloud package.

Here it is Keith's text:

Step-by-step instructions for adding your own web page as a Launch Menu application.

First Make a Prism App:

• UPADTE just type ALT + F2
  
• OR (From the Home Launcher (the little bleu house icon in the left of the upper menu) , click Accessories then click Terminal.)
• Type at the command line: prism and then do click "enter"
  
• Enter the URL of the Web application (as in http://www.anynewsite.com/).
• Enter the Display Name you want.
• Check any Options you want, this adds extra browser items to the window.
• You MUST check Desktop Shortcut so it will create the command we want to use next.
• Change the ICON if you have another one to use, otherwise the website icon will be retrieved.
• Click OK and you should see it run, see if it did go to where you wanted it to. Close it.
• Close Terminal window, Control-D will work or click the eXit tab.

Add it to the Menu:

• From Home Launcher, on the right side click Desktop, this is where Prism put your webapp launcher.
• Right click your new desktop webapp icon, and select Properties.
• Grab all the text in the Command area by clicking in the box, type Control-A, then Control-C.
• Close the Properties window and exit the Desktop file browser.
• From the Home Launcher, left side click Preferences, then find and click Main Menu.
• From the left side, choose which menu you want to insert this website application into.
• From the right side click New Item.
• Type in the Name to display on your Main Menu.
• Put the command code into the Command field by typing Control-V, then click OK.
• Close the Main Menu program.

Now click on the Menu Category you chose above and your application should be there. You can right click and add to your Favorites.

Enjoy!

Tip: How to listen to Spotify on Jolicloud

So, like many others you like Spotify , the hypest sound streaming application coming from Europe ? Well now you can listen to Spotify also on Jolicloud, the easysimple OS for Netbooks. How ?

Easy, to install spotify, install wine first and then install the windows version of spotify and enjoy !

Spotify has created a lightweight software application that users will simply download and then log onto their service enabling on demand streaming of music. (from TechCrunch database).

Wine is a free software application that aims to allow Unix-like computer operating systems to execute programs written for Microsoft Windows. (from Wiki)

You will find Wine, in My Jolicloud Application Dashboard in the Accesories directory.

I did it and it works. Of course the sound is coming out from a netbook but my Dell mini 9 is Ok. If I do not open to many applis at the same time the streaming is also ok.
And as a Windows appli I can modify the size of the Spotify window.

Jolicloud improves with new All Applis tab

A new ALL applications tab has been added to the Applis Menu of Jolicloud.

Total applis available at this time : 53 (+5 since last count).

Now by clicking on an icon you get a window dedicated at the selected Appli: with description and probably, in the future, number of downloads and, why not, ratings.

Suggestion: I would like to have a sign that shows if that appli is also ready to work Off-line (if it is case)

Directory of the 48 Applications available now on JoliCloud OS

On Jolicloud, you have, today, the choice of already 48 different Applications (applis) to chose from the Application Directory by just visiting the "My JoliCloud" cloud on the right of the upper menu.

Those are Web based applications that have been selected by the JoliCloud team after being tested. That means that you do not have to download and install a program/software on your netbook. But that means also that if by any chance (?) you are not able to connect to the web, you will not able to use them ! Off-line web applications are slowly coming to surface and JoliCloud will propose them as soon as they can (we hope).

You can search for the Application you want alos by typing the name in the yellow search box on the right.

That list is increasing day after day, also from requests from first users.

So, here is my little My JoliCloud's Applis Wishing list:

1. Google maps
2. A "Twitter Client" => of the kind of http://www.journotwit.com
   
3. An Image Editor => like http://www.pixlr.com/
   

What I also would like to see, here on JoliCloud, is a small description of the Application to be installed and also, why not, a link to a more descriptive page.


Heredown full description of the available JoliCloud Applications

The first tab is the FEATURED Applis list that presents the 12 Most Popular or the last Added applis .

Today as most popular you have :

1. Twitter
2. Gmail
3. VLC
   
4. Skype
5. DropBox
6. The Sound Cloud
7. Netvibes
8. Boxee
   
9. Google Reader
10. Facebook Chat
11. Wine
12. Facebook

By just clicking on the Install button and the appli will be installed for you in the appropriate tab of your Jolicloud Home tabs (Blue Home icon on the left of Upper menu) (Yes, some confusion is happening with Jolicloud names : Home and My) (capture here)


Second tab is the ACCESSORIES :

1. DropBow
   
2. Wine (Windows emulator)

3rd tab is DEVELOPMENT with :

1. Google Chrome (dev)
2. Geany

4th tab EDUCATION :

1. Wikipedia
2. Academic Earth
   
3. Molecules Viewer
   
4. Celestia
   
5. Notely
   
6. Factolex

5th Tab: GAMES:

1. Globulos
   
2. eRepublic
   

6th Tab : GRAPHICS :

1. Flickr
2. Fotonauts
   
3. Picasa
4. Cheese

7th Tab INTERNET :

1. Twitter
   
2. Gmail
   
3. Skype
   
4. Netvibes
   
5. Google Reader
   
6. Google Talk
   
7. Facebook Talk
   
8. Mixin
   
9. Meebo
10. MySpace
11. Thunbderbird
12. Facebook
    
13. PigIn

8th Tab OFFICE:

1. Google Docs
2. OpenOffice Writer
   
3. Google Calendar
4. Zoho Sheet
   
5. OpenOffice Calc
6. Zoho Writer
   
7. MobileMe
   
8. Zoho Show
   
9. Evolution Mail and Calendar
   

9th tab Sound & VIDEO:

1. VLC
2. YouTube
3. The Sound Cloud
   
4. Boxee
5. Songbird
   
6. Hulu
7. Vimeo
8. Wixi
   
9. Fairtilizer
10. Heavy
    

I will update this Directory regularly, so stay tuned.

Have suggestions ?