At this point, we have invited a few thousand users to upgrade to Jolicloud 1.0. Don’t worry if you haven’t received the upgrade yet - by the end of the month, you will.

If you can’t wait to try out Jolicloud 1.0, you can click on this upgrade link where we provide a bunch of extra upgrades everyday, first-come-first-serve. They’re going fast, so make sure you get there early!

Below, we’ve got some notes and tips for you. We’ve worked hard to get Jolicloud 1.0 out, so we look forward to your feedback, either through the feedback form, or by emailing feedback at jolicloud dot com.

The Upgrade Process

Our upgrades have been designed and tested with the original Jolicloud product. If you have tweaked or hacked your Jolicloud in any way, we suggest that you upgrade with a clean install.

If your upgrade still isn’t working, or if our Upgrade Guide is unclear, please let us know. Don’t hesitate to Include screenshots, photos, or anything else that can help the support team  solve your problem.

The HTML5 Launcher

Apps in the HTML5 Launcher will always be synchronized between any Jolicloud device that you use. However, any app that you’ve manually installed - that is, not through Jolicloud’s App Center - won’t be visible in the Launcher and won’t be synchronized between your other devices. To access them, you can press the menu key or click on Settings.

We’ll be continuously improving the Launcher, but we would love to hear your feedback first.

Old and Small Capacity Machines

Most computers and non-netbook laptops will work with Jolicloud. That said, we cannot support every hardware architecture in the world. If you have a Intel Z5×0 processor with a GMA 500 (Poulsbo) video chipset, Jolicloud will be slightly less fluid. Netbooks using N-series Atom chips (N270, N280, N450, N470, etc) will have the best performance. If you are a Linux kernel and drivers expert and you want to help us improve compatibility on older machines, please feel free to contact us.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Jolicloud 1.0 features new keyboard shortcuts to make your life easier.

• Windows Key - Launcher
• Alt-Tab - switches between apps
• Alt-F1 - Terminal
• Alt-F2 - Application Text Launcher
• Alt-F4 - closes the current app
• Menu Key - the old application menu

The Windows and Menu Keys

To do a quick search, go to your Launcher, hit tab, type an app’s name, select with the up and down arrow keys, and hit enter.

If you have any more questions or comments, please feel free to let us know. Happy Joliclouding!

Imagine an operating system centered around interacting with your friends. Imagine never having to worry about updates and software installs. Imagine that all your machines are automatically synchronized with one another. Imagine having your Internet ecosystem natively integrated to your machine, with all the coolest apps at your fingertips.

This dream is what kept us busy for just over a year, and now, we’re happy to announce the launch of Jolicloud 1.0.

Here are some of the cool new features that you can look forward to:

A Simpler, Customizable Launcher Entirely Built in HTML5

• Installing an app takes only one click, and removing it is just as easy.
• Jolicloud comes with some of the best apps already pre-installed, including Gmail, Skype, Twitter, Firefox, and more.
• It’s up to you to organize your apps the way you want - your launcher is customizable.
• We take care of any app updates so that updating is easy, and that you always have the latest version of everything.

An Exhaustive App Center

• Jolicloud has selected 700+ of the best free apps to install and share with your friends.
• You don’t have to keep up with Internet trends to discover the coolest new apps - our curated, Featured Apps directory is updated weekly with the best and the latest.
• Jolicloud makes it easy for you to share what apps you like with your friends and vice versa, so it’s always a dynamic and social app environment.

A Social Stream

• Through our new Stream feature, you can feel the pulse of the Jolicloud community and discover the apps that your friends recommend.
• You’re not only kept up to date with what apps other Joliclouders like, but you can also see whatever updates your favorite apps release.
• Any notifications from Jolicloud and other third-party apps are all centralized here.

A Universal File System

• Because everything is in one place, it’s easy to manage your files and data, whether they’re on your machine or in the Cloud.
• Jolicloud facilitates access to popular online storage services like box.net, Dropbox, and drop.io, with new services being added frequently.

Experience the Anywhere OS

• You can install Jolicloud on as many devices as you’d like, and they will always be automatically synchronized. Any app you download, delete, or move around will be the same on all your other machines with no extra work on your part.
• You can even manage your interface from the Cloud - if you don’t have your computer with you, log in on any HTML5 browser like Chrome to add, remove, or organize apps.
• Moving from machine to machine has never been so easy.

So when is it available?

We will progressively roll out Jolicloud 1.0 to all users starting next week, but we’ll give priority to our founding members who have been here since the first Alpha release. You’ll be notified in your Update page when you have been selected to upgrade. Just follow the instructions and restart - making sure that you are connected to the Internet to activate your new Jolicloud.

On behalf of the Joliteam, I wish to thank you for your ongoing support. Join us in making our vision to change the computing industry for the better a reality.

The next version of Jolicloud, Jolicloud 1.0 will support some touchscreen displays out of the box.

Watch our short demo below showing the new HTML5 interface on a touchscreen enabled Samsung NB30:

Here is a list of supported touchscreen technologies:

• ADS7846/TSC2046 and ADS7843 based touchscreens
• AD7877 based touchscreens
• AD7879 based touchscreens: AD7879-1 I2C Interface
• AD7879 based touchscreens: AD7879 SPI Interface
• Compaq iPAQ H3600 (Bitsy) touchscreen
• SharpSL (Corgi and Spitz series) touchscreen driver
• Touchscreen support for Dialog Semiconductor DA9034
• EETI touchscreen panel support
• Fujitsu serial touchscreen
• Gunze AHL-51S touchscreen
• Elo serial touchscreens
• Wacom W8001 penabled serial touchscreen
• MELFAS MCS-5000 touchscreen
• MicroTouch serial touchscreens
• iNexio serial touchscreens
• ICS MicroClock MK712 touchscreen
• HP Jornada 6xx touchscreen
• HP Jornada 7xx touchscreen
• HTC Shift X9500 touchscreen
• Penmount serial touchscreen
• Renesas MIGO-R touchscreen
• Touchright serial touchscreen
• Touchwin serial touchscreen
• Atmel Touchscreen Interface
• Philips UCB1400 touchscreen
• Support for WM97xx AC97 touchscreen controllers
• WM9705 Touchscreen interface support
• WM9712 Touchscreen interface support
• WM9713 Touchscreen interface support
• WM97xx Atmel accelerated touch
• WM97xx Mainstone/Palm accelerated touch
• Zylonite accelerated touch
• USB Touchscreen Driver
  • eGalax Touchkit USB (also includes eTurboTouch CT-410/510/700)
  • PanJit TouchSet USB
  • 3M MicroTouch USB (EX II series)
  • ITM
  • Some other eTurboTouch
  • Gunze AHL61
  • DMC TSC-10/25
  • IRTOUCHSYSTEMS/UNITOP
  • IdealTEK URTC1000
  • GoTop Super_Q2/GogoPen/PenPower tablets
  • JASTEC USB Touch Controller/DigiTech DTR-02U
• Sahara TouchIT-213 touchscreen
• TSC2007 based touchscreens
• W90P910 touchscreen driver
• Motorola PCAP touchscreen

Have you seen our preview of the next version of Jolicloud in action? Check out the first video we made of the new Jolicloud HTML5 launcher.

More details coming very soon.

Enjoy!

Our latest additions to the Jolicloud app center:

Fwix

Interested in reading news from a specific region of the world? Fwix lets you customize news feeds by location, topic, or Facebook friends. Tapping into facebook’s recently released Open Graph API, Fwix allows likes, comments and sharing of news stories. Fwix is currently active in over 160 cities in the US, Canada, UK & Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

News aggregator ItsTrending shows popular shared items on Facebook, including news, video and pictures. Also in the Internet category, Reddit, a user-generated news links site where votes promote stories to the front page, and Plaxo, a smart online address book that automatically keeps all your contacts up-to-date. Zoofs offers a full screen view of the most talked about videos on Twitter.

Manymoon

Manymoon is the top team collaboration application for Google Apps. Use this free social productivity tool to organize group projects, tasks and conversations. You can attach Google docs, spreadsheet or presentations to any project, task or event. It also integrates Google Calendar and produces project reports.

If you are looking for a simple online to-do list, Done.io ’s no-fuss system pushes any item you don’t complete by the end of the day to the next day’s list.

The Khan Academy

The Khan Academy’s website offers a library of 1200+ educational video covering most subjects from basic arithmetic and algebra to physics, chemistry, biology, history and finance. All videos are made by Salman Khan, the founder of the Khan Academy.

Search engine Scirus enable anyone searching for scientific information to find the latest reports across 370 million scientfic indexed items. Also new in the education category, EquationExplorer an HTML5 app to visualize and graph algebraic equations, and Translator, a useful service that translates to and from the major European languages.

Whydeo

Whydeo is a communication experiment created by the students of Digital Media at Hyper Island in Stockholm. Its interactive map of the world allows anyone to ask and reply to questions using their webcam. Simply record and tag your question. When other users browse across the map, they can reply to any query they find inspiring.

We have also added 6rounds, a live video chat platform that offers additional layers of fun, including the option to co-browse sites like Facebook or Youtube.

Homestyler

This design app lets you create and view floor plans and interior designs in 2D and 3D, experiment with different styles, and share design ideas with friends. You can also do landscape design, and sign in using your Google or Facebook credentials.

Draw.to is a simple app to create sketches and share them in a click via email, IM, Twitter, Facebook, and more. Graphic app 3D Package generates 3D packaging from your uploaded images. You can choose your format from a set of templates, and save your packaging as a JPG, PNG or GIF.

Become a DJ with Blip! This “Twitter for music” lets you post short messages on what music you are listening to. The site then turns them into streaming links for your network to enjoy.

Happy Joliclouding!

Jolicloud is designed to provide the best experience for your netbook. Every time we can we improve drivers, applications, performances and we want to make sure that it’s done the easiest way. We are happy to announce that we have improved the update experience by introducing a new Jolicloud Updates web app. As you will see, it benefits from the new Jolicloud design that will be deployed later on all Jolicloud applications.

The update process is super easy, you just need to check the notification area with the Jolicloud Updates icon:

The process is pretty straight forward.

When it’s orange, you have new updates

When it’s grey, you have no new updates

When you click on the icon, you access to the Jolicloud Updates web app.

Jolicloud Updates web app

To update the updater (sorry we couldn’t resist), you just need to click on ‘Update All’ with the previous process and restart your session.

Thank you for staying up-to-date and happy Joliclouding!

The latest additions to the Jolicloud App Center:

Amplicate

If people get together they can be heard loud and clear! Amplicate groups similar opinions in one place, making them more likely to be found by other people and companies. You can browse the site to find opinions or start your own topic, and leave your opinion via Twitter using the hashtags listed on the site. Visit the Jolicloud Rocks page to add your support!

Among the numerous tools to monitor and analyze the web, Twitrratr will help you discover what people are saying about a brand on Twitter. GoingUp! is another handy app that combines web analytics, tracking, sEO and ranking tools.

Mashpedia

Mashpedia is a great tool for those who don’t have time to browse multiple sites to find information about a topic. This real-time encyclopedia aggregates live feeds about a specific topic and converts them into a structured and easily readable layout. each entry provides a definition of terms, videos, Twitter feeds, and more. Mashpedia also offers semantic connectiosn between articles.

Bing, the search engine that combines new algorithms and a colorful page design is finally on Jolicloud, alongside  other interesting search engines, such as Mega PDF, which gives access to 400M free PDF eBooks, and PDF Queen, a PDF search engine with millions of documents in its database. Dig.ccmixter is a useful app to find music tracks under a Creative Commons licence, allowing you to use this music in your video, podcast, school project, or personal music player.

Think

Think is a mind mapping web application written with HTLM5, Django, and Google App Engine. IT lets you organize each idea as a thought, which is further divided into nodes, which can be connected to each other to create an organized visual flowof your thoughts. Future plans will allow to save and export thoughts.

New in the office category, timetonote is a collaboration tool to share contacts, emails, notes, tasks, projects and more with your co-workers. Crocodoc lets you share and review uploaded text documents or PowerPoint slides collaboratively.

Yum It

This inviting social network for foodies provides a new spot to share your favorite dishes and restaurants, post recipes and track yoru food habits. Published dishes can be rated by other users which earns you points, or ‘yums’ for your profile.

Following the current trend for personal FAQs (think Formspring or the Tumblr Ask Me feature), Me.Chacha allows you to put up a box for people to ask questions. You can answer the ones you want and publish them to create an interesting profile of your personality or brand.

Spreaker is an app to broadcast your own online radio show in a few clicks, and browse radio streams from around the world.

University of the People

University of the People is a free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. Four programs are available in the fields of business administration and computer science. University of the People uses a peer to peer learning methodology: Within online study communities, students cover readings, share resources and ideas, and discuss assignments. Educators participate in and oversee the assessment process, as well as develop the curriculum.

History offers a collection of non-fiction videos ranging from military history to contemporary history, technology to natural history, as well as science, archeology and pop culture. Biography is a great resource to learn about famous people through video clips and documentaries.

Have a look at Sistine Chapel, a detailed three dimensional Flash tour of the Sistine Chapel and appreciate Michelangelo’s painting, and play Farmville using the game’s new self-standing website.

Happy joliclouding!

When you install Jolicloud with our Windows installer Jolicloud Express, it installs alongside Windows, leaving all your Windows data untouched.

As requested by a lot of users, we provide you now a direct shortcut to your Windows files!

You can browse all your Windows data, open and modify all your files:

• If you installed Jolicloud alongside Windows XP, you find your personal data in ‘Documents and Settings’.
• If you installed Jolicloud alongside Windows 7, you find your personal data in ‘Users’.

The great thing is that you can create your own shortcuts for your Windows folders:

To get this new feature you need to be on a Jolicloud Express install, click on “Update All” and restart your session.

Happy joliclouding!

Following a number of important updates we announced last week, including our new HTML5 ready web app platform, a new network manager with 100+ 3G card models supported,  a new desktop mode, today we are shipping Jolicloud Robby Pre-Final. It’s now available on our download page.

By the way, our Windows installer Jolicloud Express has been translated in English, German and French; additional languages are coming.

Jolicloud is not in beta anymore, spread the word to your friends, they can install safely this latest version. If you encounter any issues, don’t hesitate to contact our support team, we are here to help. Developers, you can also join us in #jolicloud on irc.freenode.net.

We are waiting for your feedback on Twitter via @jolicloud or on our Facebook fan page.

Happy joliclouding!

As announced previously, we are now rolling out a desktop mode switcher, which allows you to switch between the netbook mode and the new desktop mode.

You can now organize all your web and native apps the way you like on your screen using the Jolicloud desktop switcher. If your screen is bigger than 11 inch, this is the mode that will be provided by default.

As with all new features, all you need to do to benefit from it is to click on “Update All” and switch modes from the Preferences menu.

Jolicloud new desktop mode

Jolicloud was designed for 3G from the ground up, but it has been a real challenge to get all the 3G keys to work out-of-the-box. Until now, the latest generation of keys that also include internal memory could not be detected as modems in Jolicloud. After a lot of hard work our team solved the problem for a large number of them. All the keys we collected internally have now successfully passed the test.

When you plug your 3G key, wait until it’s detected as a modem: it will appear on the list of available networks. A wizard will then guide you to configure the connection.

The new network manager detects a 3G key

Dozens of new models will now work, on top of the ones that are already supported. Check out the full list of supported models, and please do send us feedback so we can fully evaluate the progress we’ve made.

The new network manager displays available 3G, WiFi and VPN networks

As some of you asked for it, we are happy to provide VPN access to connect to enterprise networks. Supported networks include the most popular VPN clients: Cisco OpenConnect, Cisco Concentrator VPN, Microsoft VPN, and OpenVPN.

We are not yet fully satisfied with the current gnomenetwork manager, but we will keep on improving it to offer the best experience; In the mean time, your feedback is very welcome!

To get this latest update, simply click on “Update All” and restart your computer.