Apply for a Google Cr-48

Post by krainboltgreene » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 1:41 AM UTC

draebek wrote: post #41

krainboltgreene wrote: post #39

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Hey Google, why don't you make it so I can indent lines with tab in Gmail Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? Why don't you make Google Docs work offline? (Announcement of "early 2011" posted today, at least.) I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears?

> Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? I'm using Google Chrome, but that aside, they asked why I don't switch to more online applications. This is one reason. > I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears? They were doing it with Gears, but they ceased support for Gears--and thus offline Google Docs--as of like May this year, I believe.

Post by gcb » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 3:17 AM UTC

commandar wrote: post #12

hvs wrote: post #11

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I like to use it as my Control key, though. I'd be concerned that they would replace it with something else and I'd have to learn to twist my pinky unnaturally again.

This is exactly what I was about to say. It looks like they've used the caps lock position for the Fn key on the cr-48, so it looks like this may not be possible on this unit. Then again, I guess it's not that big a deal since the ctrl key doesn't really get used on the web.

Post by wahnfrieden » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 4:29 AM UTC

scrod wrote: post #35

draebek wrote: post #33

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I'm a little irritated by the end of this quiz telling me I'm "addicted to my desktop" and "why not switch to online alternatives?" Hey Google, why don't you make it so I can indent lines with tab in Gmail, or give me some confidence that my e-mails will be properly formatted (i.e. as required on some mailing lists)? Why don't you make it so I can watch Netflix in one Chrome window without stuttering when I do some o…

From the web page: > Chrome OS is for people who live on the web. It runs web-based applications, not legacy PC software. Google apparently thinks that being in control of your own computer is a "legacy" concern. I guess directly empowering users is out of date, while trusting Google unconditionally with all your personal data is the new, hip, digital totalitarian future.

Post by alanh » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 4:34 AM UTC

jlees wrote: post #22

hvs wrote: post #11

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I like to use it as my Control key, though. I'd be concerned that they would replace it with something else and I'd have to learn to twist my pinky unnaturally again.

You can map it to Ctrl.

Post by waterlesscloud » Wed, Dec 08, 2010, 5:16 AM UTC

snarfman wrote: post #10

I absolutely love the fact that a laptop fully based around the web is being denied a caps lock key. Good riddance. I think 99% of its usage (constants aside) is for trolling/yelling.