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Re: Googlebook

#881

Post by functionmouse »

xnickb wrote: post #880
Peroni wrote: post #877

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Please get rid of that top panel.... This is just bad UX. How so? It displays useful info at a glance. Where's the bad UX?

Not sure what Googlebook is, but in general: I want to be able to move my pointer to the top right corner and click to close the window. And before you make some claim like "use keyboard", the UI includes these window elements for a reason. Top bar makes them less friendly to use: They're tiny and with top bar it's an aiming game instead of a quick way to do something with a mouse or a touchpad. As an i3/sway user I…

and I'd like to be able to move my cursor to the top edge of the screen to click tabs without worrying about where my cursor is on the y-axis, only x. we've completely forgotten about Hot corners and hot edges...

Re: Googlebook

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Post by _stiofan »

Built for the vibes... It looks nice and i guess this is Google's answer to the Apple Neo, i expect it will be priced exactly the same $599 but will be bundled with 6 months free Gemini Pro.

Re: Googlebook

#884

Post by steve_taylor »

Kadecgos wrote: post #402

So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for? They are marketing what is ostensibly a computer for people who seem to not want to use a computer in scenarios that I don't think even exist. Beyond that, this is a laptop that is running a really shitty, 'apps only, no you cannot do anything useful with this' operating system. I have an awful lot of complaints about MacOS's relatively restr…

It's for Google.

Re: Googlebook

#886

Post by righthand »

einsteinx2 wrote: post #870
Kadecgos wrote: post #402

So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for? They are marketing what is ostensibly a computer for people who seem to not want to use a computer in scenarios that I don't think even exist. Beyond that, this is a laptop that is running a really shitty, 'apps only, no you cannot do anything useful with this' operating system. I have an awful lot of complaints about MacOS's relatively restr…

> MacOS's relatively restrictive use cases I’m very curious what you mean by this.

A user has to use the CLI to turn off the Apple DRM to install software on an Apple laptop. The CLI is often cited as the reason people won't try Linux. This makes the entire user experience on those machines a restricted use case.

Re: Googlebook

#887

Post by ankurdhama »

Peroni wrote: post #877
ankurdhama wrote: post #853

So this is essentially Android desktop mode with Android 17 Gemini integration. Please get rid of that top panel. I just don't get why this and desktops like GNOME tries to copy macos top panel when clearly in macos it is menu bar that host app menus but that concept doesn't exists in these other desktops and yet they have a top panel. This is just bad UX. This will follow same model as Chromebooks i.e different devi…

>Please get rid of that top panel.... This is just bad UX. How so? It displays useful info at a glance. Where's the bad UX?

> How so? It displays useful info at a glance. Where's the bad UX?

That info can be shown in the bottom panel, there is enough space there.

Re: Googlebook

#888

Post by izacus »

Peroni wrote: post #877
ankurdhama wrote: post #853

So this is essentially Android desktop mode with Android 17 Gemini integration. Please get rid of that top panel. I just don't get why this and desktops like GNOME tries to copy macos top panel when clearly in macos it is menu bar that host app menus but that concept doesn't exists in these other desktops and yet they have a top panel. This is just bad UX. This will follow same model as Chromebooks i.e different devi…

>Please get rid of that top panel.... This is just bad UX. How so? It displays useful info at a glance. Where's the bad UX?

Existing ChromeOS can show the same information just fine in the bottom right corner without eating away all that extra space.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by izacus »

yabatopia wrote: post #871
Kadecgos wrote: post #402

So, I'm only slightly trying to be a smartass here, but... Who is this for? They are marketing what is ostensibly a computer for people who seem to not want to use a computer in scenarios that I don't think even exist. Beyond that, this is a laptop that is running a really shitty, 'apps only, no you cannot do anything useful with this' operating system. I have an awful lot of complaints about MacOS's relatively restr…

Without pricing information, it’s hard to the question "who is this for?". Below $500? Same as the cheap Chromebooks market. Around $700? (Or $600 educational) Direct competitor to Macbook Neo, educational market and the middle of the road laptop market. Above $900? No idea, maybe for Google Platform die-hards.

> Above $900? No idea, maybe for Google Platform die-hards.

Managed corporate machines. I've worked with all platforms and managing ChromeOS is massively, massively easier than MacOS or Windows.

Re: Googlebook

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Post by sereko »

righthand wrote: post #886
einsteinx2 wrote: post #870

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> MacOS's relatively restrictive use cases I’m very curious what you mean by this.

A user has to use the CLI to turn off the Apple DRM to install software on an Apple laptop. The CLI is often cited as the reason people won't try Linux. This makes the entire user experience on those machines a restricted use case.

I’ve used macOS for over a decade and can count on one hand how many times I’ve had to use the CLI to disable DRM. Zero times in the past 5 years.
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