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"Immediately, I realized even if I could get Twhirl to install, this was impossible with Chrome OS. There seems to be no concept of minimizing your browser, much less letting it take up less than the entire screen."
He's trying to install desktop software and minimize the browser in a browser based OS. That he can't do what he wants is central to the entire strategy of the OS.
It sounds like he applied without ever reading about Chrome OS... "Immediately, I realized even if I could get Twhirl to install, this was impossible with Chrome OS. There seems to be no concept of minimizing your browser, much less letting it take up less than the entire screen." He's trying to install desktop software and minimize the browser in a browser based OS . That he can't do what he wants is central to the…
Another feature that might be nice would be tiling browser tabs.
The vast majority of the things he was trying to do are outside of the planned usecase of this device. It's like if someone was disappointed at the lack of photoshop on the iPad...it simply wasn't designed for that.
I was surprised that these devices have atom processors and SSD drives as opposed to an ARM chipset and embedded flash because the former specs essentially put it in netbook territory. Why would anyone want a netbook with such a limited OS?
If they made dealing with a camera easier I could easily see my mother adjusting to this style. And in the end it'd be easier on my father and her.
I think the main use case is really outside work, those that just want to use things like facebook/twitter and various chat platforms. Although the netbook is really the wrong form factor, you really either want a tablet or something closer to the air. With the netbook it feels like they are giving everything you can do on a regular computer but then ripping most of it out via software.
It sounds like he applied without ever reading about Chrome OS... "Immediately, I realized even if I could get Twhirl to install, this was impossible with Chrome OS. There seems to be no concept of minimizing your browser, much less letting it take up less than the entire screen." He's trying to install desktop software and minimize the browser in a browser based OS . That he can't do what he wants is central to the…
You can deduce two things out of this post : - First, chrome OS is still very alpha software - Second, this guy will never be the audience for such an OS. This certainly leaves the question, for who will this OS be for ? The fact of not even being able, by design, to have two windows visible at the same time is a show stopper for me. I liked the tone of the review in the end, even if it irritated me at first. The guy…
“The fact of not even being able, by design, to have two windows visible at the same time is a show stopper for me” You cannot have multiple windows on most mobile devices. Or TV's. People live fine with it.
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I was surprised that these devices have atom processors and SSD drives as opposed to an ARM chipset and embedded flash because the former specs essentially put it in netbook territory. Why would anyone want a netbook with such a limited OS?
> Why would anyone want a netbook with such a limited OS? Maybe they didn't have tablets for this pilot thing.
It sounds like he applied without ever reading about Chrome OS... "Immediately, I realized even if I could get Twhirl to install, this was impossible with Chrome OS. There seems to be no concept of minimizing your browser, much less letting it take up less than the entire screen." He's trying to install desktop software and minimize the browser in a browser based OS . That he can't do what he wants is central to the…
I tried to install Twhirl out of curiosity, to see what would happened. I didn't expect it to work. It didn't. But it was interesting to try. Sometimes you discover things that way.
It sounds like he applied without ever reading about Chrome OS... "Immediately, I realized even if I could get Twhirl to install, this was impossible with Chrome OS. There seems to be no concept of minimizing your browser, much less letting it take up less than the entire screen." He's trying to install desktop software and minimize the browser in a browser based OS . That he can't do what he wants is central to the…
Half the article seemed to be about external monitors and hard drives... uh, hello! This is not supposed to replace your desktop people!
External monitors increase productivity. Plenty of people use them, and use them with laptops. Right now, this can't run both the internal and external monitor. Google tells me that will change.
You can deduce two things out of this post : - First, chrome OS is still very alpha software - Second, this guy will never be the audience for such an OS. This certainly leaves the question, for who will this OS be for ? The fact of not even being able, by design, to have two windows visible at the same time is a show stopper for me. I liked the tone of the review in the end, even if it irritated me at first. The guy…
“The fact of not even being able, by design, to have two windows visible at the same time is a show stopper for me” You cannot have multiple windows on most mobile devices. Or TV's. People live fine with it.