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I'm a little irritated by the end of this quiz telling me I'm "addicted to my desktop" and "why not switch to online alternatives?" Hey Google, why don't you m

by draebek 16y ago

I'm a little irritated by the end of this quiz telling me I'm "addicted to my desktop" and "why not switch to online alternatives?" Hey Google, why don't you make it so I can indent lines with tab in Gmail, or give me some confidence that my e-mails will be properly formatted (i.e. as required on some mailing lists)? Why don't you make it so I can watch Netflix in one Chrome window without stuttering when I do some other browsing simultaneously in a separate window, or make it so I can use global hot keys to control music playback from random music players in a browser window? Why don't you make Google Docs work offline? (Announcement of "early 2011" posted today, at least.) Why don't you make it so I have confidence that I'll be able to get online and get at my data wherever I am, whenever I need it, without paying a fortune? That's why I'm not switching to more online alternatives: the desktop applications I still use provide a better user experience and are more reliable. Google, your question reads like I'm the one with the problem.

scrod 16y ago
From the web page: >Chrome OS is for people who live on the web. It runs web-based applications, not legacy PC software. Google apparently thinks that being in control of your own computer is a "legacy" concern. I guess directly empowering users is out of date, while trusting Google unconditionally with all your personal data is the new, hip, digital totalitarian future.
- wahnfrieden 16y ago
  Google does let you export data in many instances, to be fair.
krainboltgreene 16y ago
Hey Google, why don't you make it so I can indent lines with tab in Gmail Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? Why don't you make Google Docs work offline? (Announcement of "early 2011" posted today, at least.) I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears?
- draebek 16y ago
  > Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? I'm using Google Chrome, but that aside, they asked why I don't switch to more online applications. This is one reason. > I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears? They were doing it with Gears, but they ceased support for Gears--and thus offline Google Docs--as of like May this year, I believe.
  - krainboltgreene 16y ago
    > Gears Yeah, this is because Gears was basically HTML5/localstorage

by draebek 16y ago

scrod 16y ago

From the web page: >Chrome OS is for people who live on the web. It runs web-based applications, not legacy PC software. Google apparently thinks that being in control of your own computer is a "legacy" concern. I guess directly empowering users is out of date, while trusting Google unconditionally with all your personal data is the new, hip, digital totalitarian future.

wahnfrieden 16y ago
Google does let you export data in many instances, to be fair.

krainboltgreene 16y ago

Hey Google, why don't you make it so I can indent lines with tab in Gmail Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? Why don't you make Google Docs work offline? (Announcement of "early 2011" posted today, at least.) I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears?

draebek 16y ago
> Isn't that your OS/Browsers fault? I'm using Google Chrome, but that aside, they asked why I don't switch to more online applications. This is one reason. > I thought they did this with LocalStorage/Google Gears? They were doing it with Gears, but they ceased support for Gears--and thus offline Google Docs--as of like May this year, I believe.
- krainboltgreene 16y ago
  > Gears Yeah, this is because Gears was basically HTML5/localstorage