Comments on: 10 things I want from the Google Chrome OS http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/ buzzWord compliant and geek notoriety Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:45:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-624 admin Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-624 Anonymous - My article isn't written about what 90 percent of computer users do - it's about what 100 percent of computer users do with their computer 90 percent of the time. Pick any 10 people on the street and ask them what they use their computer for most of the time. They will tell you email, digital photography, surfing, banking, etc. MMOs, video editing, and gaming in general will be far down the list. I am sure that is what you and all your friends use their computers for 90 percent of the time, but the average user can do everything they really need in Web 2.0 apps. I can tell that you are new to this Web 2.0 stuff. You should look into it. It won't replace your gaming computer or video editing system, or CAD setup but that's not what Chrome is about. Cloud computing is about giving you access to your content anywhere you need it. I don't think in a Windows vs. Mac mindset. I believe that your computer is a tool to get a job done. My love of pliers doesn't replace my occasional need for a screwdriver. Fanboys who refuse to adapt to new tools only end up making themselves obsolete in the end. Anonymous -

My article isn’t written about what 90 percent of computer users do – it’s about what 100 percent of computer users do with their computer 90 percent of the time. Pick any 10 people on the street and ask them what they use their computer for most of the time. They will tell you email, digital photography, surfing, banking, etc. MMOs, video editing, and gaming in general will be far down the list.

I am sure that is what you and all your friends use their computers for 90 percent of the time, but the average user can do everything they really need in Web 2.0 apps.

I can tell that you are new to this Web 2.0 stuff. You should look into it. It won’t replace your gaming computer or video editing system, or CAD setup but that’s not what Chrome is about. Cloud computing is about giving you access to your content anywhere you need it.

I don’t think in a Windows vs. Mac mindset. I believe that your computer is a tool to get a job done. My love of pliers doesn’t replace my occasional need for a screwdriver. Fanboys who refuse to adapt to new tools only end up making themselves obsolete in the end.

]]> By: node of server http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-623 node of server Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:04:44 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-623 im very suspicious of 'cloud computing' i'll be keeping my data with me,,thanks all the same im very suspicious of ‘cloud computing’ i’ll be keeping my data with me,,thanks all the same

]]> By: Anonymous http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-621 Anonymous Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:08:20 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-621 On one hand, you seem to be wanting a Google-branded Linux. On the other, you seem to live in a bubble where computer users just dick around. Otherwise, you'd be aware that if you were to add up Microsoft Office users, computer-game players, mmo-players, cgi & video-editors(including YouTube users -who, at least to some extent, edit their damn videos before posting) add up to pretty much more than 90% of the users. To whom exactly, then, did you want this OS targeted? Twitter&Facebook kiddies, possibly? On one hand, you seem to be wanting a Google-branded Linux. On the other, you seem to live in a bubble where computer users just dick around. Otherwise, you’d be aware that if you were to add up Microsoft Office users, computer-game players, mmo-players, cgi & video-editors(including YouTube users -who, at least to some extent, edit their damn videos before posting) add up to pretty much more than 90% of the users. To whom exactly, then, did you want this OS targeted? Twitter&Facebook kiddies, possibly?

]]> By: betazed http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-618 betazed Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:42:14 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-618 Google chrome would be the worst thing to happen to computers. The cloud is absolutely a bad idea. Your data should be on your local storage all the time. To entrust other people with your data is a mistake. You absolutly throw away your 4th Amendment protection (or your country's equivilent if there is one) against search and siezure. You see, it is easier to get Google to turn over your data (indeed they may even not let you keep data they find objectionable) than it is to get a search warrent for your computer. Computing in the cloud completly kills all of the computer and information freedoms you can have running software locally. Please boycott Google Chrome OS it is a threat to freedom of informaton as well as Free Software Google chrome would be the worst thing to happen to computers. The cloud is absolutely a bad idea. Your data should be on your local storage all the time. To entrust other people with your data is a mistake. You absolutly throw away your 4th Amendment protection (or your country’s equivilent if there is one) against search and siezure. You see, it is easier to get Google to turn over your data (indeed they may even not let you keep data they find objectionable) than it is to get a search warrent for your computer.

Computing in the cloud completly kills all of the computer and information freedoms you can have running software locally. Please boycott Google Chrome OS it is a threat to freedom of informaton as well as Free Software

]]> By: Craven Lovelace http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-585 Craven Lovelace Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:25:05 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-585 I agree with all of this except, in regards to #9, it seems obvious to me what the purpose of Google Wave is: to put a nice wooden stake through Facebook's unholy heart. I agree with all of this except, in regards to #9, it seems obvious to me what the purpose of Google Wave is: to put a nice wooden stake through Facebook’s unholy heart.

]]> By: admin http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-580 admin Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:59:27 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-580 Mattew... I totally agree. I almost used the WP repository as an example in the article, but I felt it would be a foreign concept to most readers. I would like the ability to search brand and model of computer, motherboard, video card, etc. and have a list of all compatible drivers appear. Mattew… I totally agree. I almost used the WP repository as an example in the article, but I felt it would be a foreign concept to most readers. I would like the ability to search brand and model of computer, motherboard, video card, etc. and have a list of all compatible drivers appear.

]]> By: Rick http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-579 Rick Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:02:49 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-579 Nicely done Mr. Adam. I especially like #4. And being so many of the current crop of lightweight OSs have sub 30 second boot times, I'm sure #1 will be met. I'm thinking that with Google's name, it will lend some credence to all Linux OS. Should be interesting at the least. Nicely done Mr. Adam. I especially like #4. And being so many of the current crop of lightweight OSs have sub 30 second boot times, I’m sure #1 will be met. I’m thinking that with Google’s name, it will lend some credence to all Linux OS. Should be interesting at the least.

]]> By: Matthew Kettlewell http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-578 Matthew Kettlewell Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:47:21 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-578 And put all the drivers/addons into a single repostitory... none of this going to a million download sites just to download a driver with a virus in it... Kinda like the Wordpress plugin repository, but Google style! And put all the drivers/addons into a single repostitory… none of this going to a million download sites just to download a driver with a virus in it…

Kinda like the Wordpress plugin repository, but Google style!

]]> By: lenstewart http://talkingdigital.org/home/2009/07/08/10-things-i-want-from-the-google-chrome-os/#comment-577 lenstewart Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:59:27 +0000 http://talkingdigital.org/home/?p=279#comment-577 Agree wholeheartedly with all but one: #6. Many of us who really want to plug and play get really spooked by having to download and install drivers. Agree wholeheartedly with all but one: #6. Many of us who really want to plug and play get really spooked by having to download and install drivers.

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