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A video editing app, for example.

• glhaynes 15y ago
  It's not like video editing apps are going to go away. If "limited" computers become the norm, they'll start to support video editing because users want that functionality.
  • cookiecaper 15y ago
    It's mostly a matter of not being able to correctly assume in all cases that a person is not going to need video editing, because a Chromebook is the first serious recent computer that won't allow a user to install a video editor. I'm helping an old lady in my neighborhood edit movies of her kindegarten class in iMovie, and I'd bet that most people would have said "oh, she doesn't need to edit videos", but one of her colleagues starting making montage videos of the class for the end of the year and she wanted to do it too. Since she has a MacBook, this is possible. If she had a Chromebook, she'd have to borrow someone's computer, and I don't know if she would have the courage to ask for that, especially since, like most old ladies, she is scared that she will break computer every time she does anything.
    • glhaynes 15y ago
      Very true that this first generation (and a few after) may be lacking. I was thinking in terms of the first poster whose lament about "the future of computing" I read to mean the long-term future.
• runjake 15y ago
  My family members use the Youtube Video Editor, to be specific. There are many other web-based video editors out there, as well. With the advancements Google is spear-heading (2D & 3D hardware acceleration), I see the prevalence of these web-based apps increasing. iMovie (which was the example you gave before you edited your comment) is way, way too complex for my family members, from experience (and even me, at times).