Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web"

Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by nextparadigms on Friday May 13, 2011 @10:53AM (#2544836)

As the guy in charge of the NYT web app said at a Google I/O session a few days ago "These are the worst web apps you'll ever see. Think about that.", implying that even the webapps that impress the most right now, are the worst we'll ever see and we should see much better ones in the near future.

This is just the beginning. Six or 12 months from now we should see a lot more web apps that use offline cache and be completely usable offline.

I love how you just need to "download" the Angry Birds web app in Chrome, and later you can play it directly just like you would play a native game on a PC, offline.

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Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by throwaway32 on Friday May 13, 2011 @11:10AM (#2544898)

well as the device exists now, you cannot even finish booting/logging in without internet access.

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Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by generalk on Friday May 13, 2011 @12:43PM (#2545215)

Untrue. I have a cr48, and after you've done the initial setup it is possible to boot and log into your Google account before the wifi kicks in.

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Re:Chromebook : 4th time trying to do "everything on the web" by MatthewPhillips on Friday May 13, 2011 @01:58PM (#2545510)

Yes you can; you only need internet for the initial setup.

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