Google Chrome OS Screenshots?

http://mashable.com/2009/08/15/google-chrome-os-screenshots/

by peter123 • 17 years ago

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duckbridge• 17 years ago

Real!?

zandorg• 17 years ago

I'm not sure. It depends whether they'd use that kind of monitor at Google!

Having said that, all you'd need for a Google OS would be:

   +Vesa VGA drivers up to big resolutions
   +Ethernet/Wifi drivers (these are pretty much standard these days)
   +Keyboard/mouse/sound drivers
   +A web browser

_cbsz• 17 years ago

That does not look like a standard-issue Google monitor, but maybe it's a test machine with very low specs. Not unlikely considering the target market.

ams6110• 17 years ago

According to google, the Chrome OS is a lightweight Linux kernel and a new, simple window manager. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. I guess maybe it will be packaged as a consumer appliance in a way that Linux hardly ever has been.

endergen• 17 years ago

Let's not forget that the Chrome Browser and therefore the Chrome OS will come with a lot of HMTL5 features build into the browser.

This will enable a lot of cool applications to be built that can be run on very cheap and efficient OS/Hardware combinations.

icefox• 17 years ago

<sarcasm>I know, very exciting I don't think any browser other then Chrome will have HTML5</sarcasm>

mhansen• 17 years ago

Don't underestimate the power of simplicity.

Simplicity is worth a LOT of fuss.

jhancock3• 17 years ago

If I can't use it as a programmer's workstation as well as a simplified desktop, its of no use to me. I realize their target audience may be thin consumer devices, but if they want good stuff dev'd on it, developers need to work directly on it as well. Time will tell.

UpFromTheGut2• 17 years ago

"... but if they want good stuff dev'd on it"

I think this completely misses the point. Applications are web apps. You're not supposed to dev for the OS.

Edit: formatting

blhack2• 17 years ago

Uhm...it runs linux.

cd emacs && ./configure && make && make install

mrkurt• 17 years ago

That looks like a new BeOS. Nice.

whughes2• 17 years ago

To me, the idea of running applications in the "cloud" on JavaScript and HTML is the total opposite of a new BeOS. BeOS is supposed to be lightweight and highly responsive. The Web is not. That doesn't mean that ChromeOS won't have its uses, but any other modern OS will get you closer to BeOS than this.

TomOfTTB• 17 years ago

Not really true. I think Gears is a clear indicator of how Google sees the post-HTML5 world. Given that I think one of the driving ideas behind a ChromeOS is that programs and data will be cached to some extent on the desktop (a view that seems to be shared with Adobe (AIR) and Microsoft (Silverlight))

Web apps that are cached should be both light weight and responsive

w1ntermute• 17 years ago

Looks like it doesn't include support for taking screenshots…

rms• 17 years ago

I believe these are fake. Chrome OS is not in beta -- Chrome for Linux is in alpha, and Google releases betas. Also, the maximized window with all that white space is bad design. My expectation is that Chrome OS will look like a maximized version of Chrome the browser with task management inside of the browser window instead of outside of the browser window like in these screenshots. Though I won't be too upset if these screenshots are real.

tdonia• 17 years ago

seems very similar to the current chrome 3 developer's preview which changed the start page last week to one without a sidebar as in these shots. seems like they're preparing to use this space for something more sophisticated.

freetard2• 17 years ago

Fake.

mgrouchy• 17 years ago

What seems funny to me about these screenshots is that even though they appear they are on a desktop computer, if you look in the bottom corner of one of the screens you can see what appears to be a battery meter(as you would see on a laptop).

But who knows, maybe its just a laptop hooked up to a monitor...

Google Chrome OS Screenshots?

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