Comments on: What Google Must Do to Make Chrome OS a Success With Netbooks http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/09/what-google-must-do-to-make-chrome-os-a-success-with-netbooks/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:24:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Kendrick http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/09/what-google-must-do-to-make-chrome-os-a-success-with-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-436 James Kendrick Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:46:49 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=12557#comment-436 You're right, of course. Both about what Google needs to do and especially about their constant feet dragging for OS X versions. You’re right, of course. Both about what Google needs to do and especially about their constant feet dragging for OS X versions.

]]> By: texasyellowdog http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/09/what-google-must-do-to-make-chrome-os-a-success-with-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-435 texasyellowdog Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:34:46 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=12557#comment-435 If Apple continues to avoid the netbook segment, Apple users should be a ready market for Chrome netbooks. However, Google continues to drag it's feet with OS X versions of its products. My netbook came with Ubuntu 8.2, and I was astonished to find there was no VNC client available that would connect to the Leopard screen sharing server. I quickly turned the netbook into a hackintosh. Chrome needs simple, reliable integration with Apple file and screen sharing. It should fully support Bonjour, and Google should encourage the development of applications like Airfoil for Chrome. It can do the same for Windows 7 integration, but I couldn't care less. If Apple continues to avoid the netbook segment, Apple users should be a ready market for Chrome netbooks. However, Google continues to drag it’s feet with OS X versions of its products. My netbook came with Ubuntu 8.2, and I was astonished to find there was no VNC client available that would connect to the Leopard screen sharing server. I quickly turned the netbook into a hackintosh. Chrome needs simple, reliable integration with Apple file and screen sharing. It should fully support Bonjour, and Google should encourage the development of applications like Airfoil for Chrome. It can do the same for Windows 7 integration, but I couldn’t care less.

]]> By: James Kendrick http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/09/what-google-must-do-to-make-chrome-os-a-success-with-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-434 James Kendrick Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:24:08 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=12557#comment-434 I hear what you are saying Derek. My comments were based on conversations with a number of "regular" people, non-techies, who expressed loathing and downright fear of browser-based apps. I hear what you are saying Derek. My comments were based on conversations with a number of “regular” people, non-techies, who expressed loathing and downright fear of browser-based apps.

]]> By: derek1 http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/09/what-google-must-do-to-make-chrome-os-a-success-with-netbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-433 derek1 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:21:42 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=12557#comment-433 Good points. Though I question: "Google apps that drive the company’s success, Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, and so on, are web-based, and are accessed through the browser. This may be a liability with Chrome OS, as consumers are used to having a separate program for email, tasks, calendar and even document editing/creating." Even the current Chrome browser runs each window as a separate process on the OS, and each process runs in a separate window, which offers the familiar customer experience you describe. Also, Chrome can run these web apps in "app mode", which allows them to be started from a familiar shortcut and hides the common browser controls so it looks like a dedicated installed program. Add in HTML5's cache ability to power web apps while offline, and you can see that browser-based apps will soon quite closely resemble their desktop brethren, and luddites won't really even need to know they're "in the cloud". Derek Kerton The Kerton Group Good points. Though I question:

“Google apps that drive the company’s success, Gmail, Calendar, Tasks, Contacts, and so on, are web-based, and are accessed through the browser. This may be a liability with Chrome OS, as consumers are used to having a separate program for email, tasks, calendar and even document editing/creating.”

Even the current Chrome browser runs each window as a separate process on the OS, and each process runs in a separate window, which offers the familiar customer experience you describe. Also, Chrome can run these web apps in “app mode”, which allows them to be started from a familiar shortcut and hides the common browser controls so it looks like a dedicated installed program.

Add in HTML5’s cache ability to power web apps while offline, and you can see that browser-based apps will soon quite closely resemble their desktop brethren, and luddites won’t really even need to know they’re “in the cloud”.

Derek Kerton
The Kerton Group

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