ReadWriteWeb Google ChromeOS review: it’s disposable
Worst gripe? It feels and works like it was made on the cheap. Engineers, navel gazing, fell in love with their own cloud-based dream, leaving the users behind. In a word, released too soon.
Personally, I think the idea is great and I would reserve a personal and final judgement until I see and use a unit. Here are RWW’s other concerns:
# Even though I’ve never bought software in a box in my adult life and I live primarily in Web apps, the absence of desktop software is a little disconcerting. I bet I can get used to it, as long as the Web apps evolve to take advantage of things like Growl or Toast-style pop-up notifications.
# The look and feel is not Windows ugly, but it’s not Apple pretty either. It’s Chrome wire-framey, you might say. It’s OK, but it’s a shame that the default fonts and other parts of the chrome aren’t more attractive.
# Finally, and really the thing that matters most, is that this track-pad is a total piece of garbage. I think that’s what’s going on, though I’m not sure. Scrolling is really choppy. Click and drag works about 30% of the time and the rest of the time your cursor just sits there. Now I know that Chrome on my Mac often has a hard time recognizing my click until one character after I’ve begun my click and drag, but this is non-functional.
via ReadWriteWeb’s ChromeOS Review: It’s Cheap, Fast, Disposable & Frustrating.
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