Chrome OS
The new Google Chrome OS is very exciting. For the first time, I can see an OS that might save Netbooks. Chrome OS feels like a browser running in kiosk mode and this is not a bad thing.
Apps (really, just fancy bookmarks) are accessible by clicking on the Chrome icon in the top left, which I suppose is like a start menu of sorts. You wouldn't know it at first, but you can actually open more than one window. The windows slide in from the right and are accessible by Alt+Tab to cycle (other shortcuts can be found in this Developer FAQ.
The scrollbars lack arrows at the top or bottom and are made entirely of the scroll thumb. I think this is a great advancement: who needs those arrows anyway?
There is a simple Task Manager that has a pretty funny link to get to the advanced settings:
You can even use the Webkit Inspector in its own window:
And I even wrote this post using Chrome OS:
I am really thrilled with what they have done so far. This is going to change how people thing about using a computer.
Some things that google needs to solve to make the OS better:
- Simple image editing
- Downloads?
- Better copy and paste or drag and drop
Any thoughts? Contact me and I'll try to append them here.