[Web4lib] Google Chrome - Observations

[david.rothman at gmail.com]

I think that's unlikely, Thomas.  gOS is not affiliated with Google.

See small print at the bottom of this page:
http://www.thinkgos.com/


On 9/4/08, Thomas Bennett <bennetttm at appstate.edu> wrote:
> 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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