Of course, it all begs the question: why does Deta need proprietary programs if you can just launch a website inside it? The startup wants to break down those silos I mentioned earlier and enable each of your apps to seamlessly talk and sync with one another. However, it can’t yet accomplish the grander visions Deta has for it like, say, fetching outputs from ChatGPT, and pasting them into a notes app. For example, when I wanted to place a world clock with UK and US times in the corner, I punched in a couple of words in the AI box, and in less than a minute, a world clock with two columns for London and Los Angeles popped up. It’s not quite as powerful for you to conjure up complex software from scratch, but it can in handy for when you want one for a small, particular task. If none match your needs, you can even prompt an AI to write a custom program for you. You can get one for online file storage, organize your reading lists, build websites, start a newsletter, and a lot more. For more specific use cases, however, you can head to “Discovery,” an app marketplace which lets you download and install third-party Deta apps. Out of the box, there’s only a handful of rudimentary kinds of widgets you can add to your space such as a web link and text. That’s made possible because of the way Deta apps are programmed. This all takes place on Deta’s website inside a web browser and not once did I have to leave it for another tab. In one, for example, I had opened a doc in a text editor, notes, and research tabs for a story I was working on, while in another, I had an itinerary sheet and numerous windows for a vacation I was planning. Since you can build multiple (sharable) Horizon screens as well, I was able to stick numerous instances of the same service depending on the workspace I was in. The apps themselves typically have a vertical scroll, therefore it’s also logically more sound and helps easily me differentiate and select which direction I want to head towards when I spin the mouse wheel. It allows me to comfortably scroll across multiple widgets without immediately losing sight of the ones before them. I find it fits a computer’s landscape and my own field of view better. What’s especially clever about the Horizon interface is it scrolls horizontally. Horizon then asks you what you’d like to fill it with You can install and place an app into it (as many instances of it as you’d like), a live web link like a YouTube video, plain text or media, and pretty much anything else you think of doing on your computer.