A whiile back I had a look at the Adobe Express package- a web-based photo editing application, one that was getting a lot of attention as part of the new wave of online applictaions...  destined to change the world.  Back then, in September '08, I was underwhelmed.  Although a few things have been improved, I'd say it still remains as little more than an curiosity. 

You can get to the main site through Photoshop.com, here. Once there, you can test it by clicking the Test Drive button in the lower right, but you have to either login, or register to give it a try,   This will take you to the main screen, shown above.  Once there you can upload and organize your files (JPG only, by the way...) you can edit them in many ways, and you can share them easily. 

The editing and adjustments screens are pretty interesing- you hover the mouse over a series of options you're presented with, and just chose what looks best to you- a nice tool, and in fact, a great way to learn how to adjust images.  Variations, in Photoshop, is a tool I recommmend to people just starting on the long road to learning how to improve your photographs by adjustments.  Seeing the result compared to a few other options is a great quick-start solution.  Here is shown one of the adjustment tabs, the Whie Balance, with the mouse hovering over the "Correct for Incadescent Lighting" button previewing.  Oh, right, that banding you're seeing is not from this site, that's how the pictures look on the Express site.  Pretty difficult to judge images when you're getting posterization and banding.

My complaints back in September were, first, that the thing was really slow.  Apparently Adobe has amped up some of the processes, but it's not a speed demon by any stretch.  The Terms and Conditions were just plain silly, then, too- an issue Adobe dealt with immediately. 

I'm still interested in the idea of web-based applications, but to anyone but the casual amateur, Photoshop Express is just to slow, too limiting, and too, well, amateur, to be taken seriously as an option to Photoshop, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, or even iPhoto, as a real way to work with your images.