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I thought this was a special version of Chrome the browser and I think many people will too. Especially someone like my brother who works at a corporation. If t

I thought this was a special version of Chrome the browser and I think many people will too. Especially someone like my brother who works at a corporation. If they told him they’re switching to Chrome Enterprise he’d be a tad confused. Side Note: the reading experience on this blog is one of the best I’ve seen on mobile. Love the text size though the header animation was not the smoothest. Nonetheless great job.

BinaryIdiot 9y ago
This was my thinking as well. I expected "Chrome OS Enterprise" not "Chrome Enterprise" to represent Chrome OS in the enterprise. It's a confusing set of naming conventions.
- ocdtrekkie 9y ago
  Especially since when you download the Chrome Browser for Business MSI file, it's "chromestandaloneenterprise.msi", leading some distribution platforms to simply call it "Chrome Enterprise".
  - tyingq 9y ago
    Paid support for "Chrome Browser for Business" is called "CHROME ENTERPRISE SUPPORT" too. Argh. "Enterprise Support Agreements for Chrome Google now offers phone and email support for Chrome, including help with deployment, management, configuration and more...LEARN ABOUT CHROME ENTERPRISE SUPPORT" Also see: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en
    - drez 9y ago
      How can they not see this as incredibly confusing? I'm constantly surprised by Google's poor naming and branding choices.
      - tyingq 9y ago
        It is odd. Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google Now. Which one is least easy to work into a sentence?
        jonas21 9y ago
        The same one that correctly sets expectations that you're interacting with a service and not a person?
        tyingq 9y ago
        That's separate from the issue. For example, what do I mean if I say: I like using google now to check the weather Whether it sounds like a persons name isn't the issue.
        comex 9y ago
        FYI, the new iteration isn’t called Google Now anymore but Google Assistant. Not that that helps with your complaint.
        kbenson 9y ago
        > Not that that helps with your complaint. Unless I'm misunderstanding the complaint (which is possible, it wasn't actually explained very well, just through an example or two but without a definition), it does help with the complaint. Unless the complaint is actually "I like my services to have single word monikers", in which it doesn't, but in that case I'm not sure I think it's a complaint worth addressing without some explanation as to why that's actually important.
        tyingq 9y ago
        "Google now" is not memorable, and when used in various common sentences, the words are ambiguous. You could be talking about the company or the search engine. Similar for "Assistant", though a bit less so. Whether it's a person's name or not, I know what Siri is. There are two word brands that work fine as well. Company <very common term> though, is hard to pull off.
- influx 9y ago
  Reminds of of the .Net naming debacle several years back from Microsoft. Wonder if any of the same folks are now at Google?
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - cm2187 9y ago
    The .net naming debacle is still raging between .net core, .net standard, .net framework, and their various versions. Sort of makes sense if one followed the previous 50 episodes but if you missed one...
- hbbio 9y ago
  That and the fact that Chrome Enterprise Support already exists but a different thing (cf. https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en ) proves once again that Google does not do marketing. They take marketers money, but that's a different job!
Jwarder 9y ago
> Side Note: the reading experience on this blog is one of the best I’ve seen on mobile. Although I think they sacrificed a bit too far there. The features checklist is just an image with a "link" to supported devices that does nothing and a little red squiggle under text.
- pducks32 9y ago
  Yea the image checklist is not the best. I’m guessing some marketing person had that and the copywriter didn’t know how/couldn’t do that in html/css.
- robin_reala 9y ago
  And the alt text ‘Enterprise_License.png’, because screen reader users would never need to compare features.
smegel 9y ago
I still do....what is it then?
- mch82 9y ago
  An "Enterprise" version of Chrome OS.
gordon_freeman 9y ago
on reading experience of their Keyword blog: Absolutely agree it is great to read it on mobile. However, I subscribe to 'Official Google Blog' email updates and the reading experience of these blog posts is terrible on Desktop and mobile email both. Sometimes the pictures are not scaled-to-fit in email and need to scroll endlessly on horizontal side. Also the text size is too small when reading the email on Gmail Android app. Something Google needs to work on how to display their own blog newsletters on email.
karakot 9y ago
they removed context menu though, i wanted to [s]google[/s]bing rentkil company mentioned there and failed.
wnevets 9y ago
It's almost as if the folks in charge of naming Microsoft's products got hired to name Google's
- Nition 9y ago
  Does remind me a bit of the Microsoft Surface being a table, and then being a laptop. Although to really copy Microsoft they now need to rename the product a bunch of times[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account
daturkel 9y ago
There is such a thing already. Google Chrome for businesses: https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/chrome-browser/ https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/chrome-browser/
- gregmac 9y ago
  And paid support for "Google Chrome for Business" is called "Chrome Enterprise Support". https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685 https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685

BinaryIdiot 9y ago

This was my thinking as well. I expected "Chrome OS Enterprise" not "Chrome Enterprise" to represent Chrome OS in the enterprise. It's a confusing set of naming conventions.

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
Especially since when you download the Chrome Browser for Business MSI file, it's "chromestandaloneenterprise.msi", leading some distribution platforms to simply call it "Chrome Enterprise".
- tyingq 9y ago
  Paid support for "Chrome Browser for Business" is called "CHROME ENTERPRISE SUPPORT" too. Argh. "Enterprise Support Agreements for Chrome Google now offers phone and email support for Chrome, including help with deployment, management, configuration and more...LEARN ABOUT CHROME ENTERPRISE SUPPORT" Also see: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en
  - drez 9y ago
    How can they not see this as incredibly confusing? I'm constantly surprised by Google's poor naming and branding choices.
    - tyingq 9y ago
      It is odd. Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google Now. Which one is least easy to work into a sentence?
      - jonas21 9y ago
        The same one that correctly sets expectations that you're interacting with a service and not a person?
        tyingq 9y ago
        That's separate from the issue. For example, what do I mean if I say: I like using google now to check the weather Whether it sounds like a persons name isn't the issue.
        comex 9y ago
        FYI, the new iteration isn’t called Google Now anymore but Google Assistant. Not that that helps with your complaint.
        kbenson 9y ago
        > Not that that helps with your complaint. Unless I'm misunderstanding the complaint (which is possible, it wasn't actually explained very well, just through an example or two but without a definition), it does help with the complaint. Unless the complaint is actually "I like my services to have single word monikers", in which it doesn't, but in that case I'm not sure I think it's a complaint worth addressing without some explanation as to why that's actually important.
        tyingq 9y ago
        "Google now" is not memorable, and when used in various common sentences, the words are ambiguous. You could be talking about the company or the search engine. Similar for "Assistant", though a bit less so. Whether it's a person's name or not, I know what Siri is. There are two word brands that work fine as well. Company <very common term> though, is hard to pull off.
influx 9y ago
Reminds of of the .Net naming debacle several years back from Microsoft. Wonder if any of the same folks are now at Google?
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- cm2187 9y ago
  The .net naming debacle is still raging between .net core, .net standard, .net framework, and their various versions. Sort of makes sense if one followed the previous 50 episodes but if you missed one...
hbbio 9y ago
That and the fact that Chrome Enterprise Support already exists but a different thing (cf. https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685?hl=en ) proves once again that Google does not do marketing. They take marketers money, but that's a different job!

Jwarder 9y ago

> Side Note: the reading experience on this blog is one of the best I’ve seen on mobile. Although I think they sacrificed a bit too far there. The features checklist is just an image with a "link" to supported devices that does nothing and a little red squiggle under text.

pducks32 9y ago
Yea the image checklist is not the best. I’m guessing some marketing person had that and the copywriter didn’t know how/couldn’t do that in html/css.
robin_reala 9y ago
And the alt text ‘Enterprise_License.png’, because screen reader users would never need to compare features.

smegel 9y ago

I still do....what is it then?

mch82 9y ago
An "Enterprise" version of Chrome OS.

gordon_freeman 9y ago

on reading experience of their Keyword blog: Absolutely agree it is great to read it on mobile. However, I subscribe to 'Official Google Blog' email updates and the reading experience of these blog posts is terrible on Desktop and mobile email both. Sometimes the pictures are not scaled-to-fit in email and need to scroll endlessly on horizontal side. Also the text size is too small when reading the email on Gmail Android app. Something Google needs to work on how to display their own blog newsletters on email.

karakot 9y ago

they removed context menu though, i wanted to [s]google[/s]bing rentkil company mentioned there and failed.

wnevets 9y ago

It's almost as if the folks in charge of naming Microsoft's products got hired to name Google's

Nition 9y ago
Does remind me a bit of the Microsoft Surface being a table, and then being a laptop. Although to really copy Microsoft they now need to rename the product a bunch of times[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account

daturkel 9y ago

There is such a thing already. Google Chrome for businesses: https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/chrome-browser/ https://enterprise.google.com/chrome/chrome-browser/

gregmac 9y ago
And paid support for "Google Chrome for Business" is called "Chrome Enterprise Support". https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685 https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6351685