First Day Review: The Google Chrome OS Cr-48 Notebook

Post by lftl » Fri, Dec 10, 2010, 6:36 AM UTC

sullivandanny wrote: post #38

lftl wrote: post #29

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I think the issue is that there isn't any feedback when you take a screenshot. You have to take the screenshot and then open the file browser to see it. The other issue Danny was encountering was that Wordpress uses a flash based file upload widget. When flash opens a choose file dialog it opens a GTK-like full system browser. The standard Chrome OS file browser that comes up when you hit a HTML file input is much si…

That's it exactly! After I finished the review, I talked with Google and said so what's up -- the screenshot feature doesn't seem to work. Yes, it does. You just have no idea that one was made. There's no showing you of what you shot. A file is just made, placed in your screenshot directory, which you can't even get to until you use a program that allows you to select from the hard drive.

ctrl - j Should open up the file browser with a screenshot folder as well.

Post by tvorryn » Mon, Dec 13, 2010, 3:31 AM UTC

sullivandanny wrote: post #39

Raphael wrote: post #17

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Nah, Chrome OS is not designed for touchscreens. There's Android for that.

Well, so Google says. That seems a convenient way to get people off their backs for having both. Google TV runs on Android, not Chrome. Google TV isn't a touchscreen. The reality is, Google has two different product teams and had no intention of telling either one to give up on their goals. And with Apple pushing both MacOS and iOS, it has no immediate need to do so, either.

Google wants ChromeOS to eventually replace Android. It's cloud vs native, not Touch vs Keyboard and Mouse, and until cloud based becomes acceptable everywhere, which is what Google is betting on, they will continue to work on Android.

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