[Web4lib] Google Chrome - Observations

[Thomas Bennett]

I haven't seen anything refer to this but I expect part of the Google Chrome 
plan was to make gOS a more complete Google product.  gOS is a ubuntu 
derivative and using one of the linux dock applications to make it look more 
like an MAC desktop.

  There is a Sylvania G Netbook Notebook about the size of the EEEPC that 
comes with gOS but many reviews include installing XP on it and then it runs 
about twice as fast, see:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3747065&sku=D516-7001&srkey=sylvania%20g%20notebook

The price has dropped from $399.99USD to $309.99USD since July.

Now the gOS 3 Gadgets BETA lets you put Google gadgets on the desktop.

http://www.thinkgos.com/

You can download a CD ISO which can run live or install to your machine.

Thomas


On Wednesday 03 September 2008 14:18, Bill Drew wrote:
> [http://www.google.com/chrome/]
> Google Chrome is a great browser for a beta version. I have yet to
> find
> any page that it can't handle, including many of the adminstrative
> pages for setting up databases and administering our services. These
> usually tend to be problematic. It is also forcing me to work in a
> slightly different manner with more reliance on web based things such
> as the native post editor in Blogger. I find myself missiing lots of
> the features within several FireFox add ons I use such as ScribeFire.
> I
> wrote this post using the BlogThis bookmark javascript. It is only a
> basic editor. I will look for some better web based editors that will
> work with Blogger. If someone uses exclusively web based programs such
> a Google Docs and others, Google Chrome is the perfect browser.
>
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