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Interesting. Great for people completely submerged into Google's ecosystem but still clinging onto the Windows OS. For others especially who uses one or few of

by nivla 13y ago

Interesting. Great for people completely submerged into Google's ecosystem but still clinging onto the Windows OS. For others especially who uses one or few of Google's products, this sucks. When I got my Surface Pro tablet, I just wanted to install Chrome Desktop, but nope, it automatically installs into the metro apps and goes ahead and sets itself as the default browser. The worst part is that it sucked compared to the IE metro. On desktop it doesn't get better, with the lack of support for High-DPI scaling, the touch events are about an inch away resulting in false clicks all the time. I hope they don't ruin the Chrome browser with techniques used to promote Google+. I don't want to see a tomorrow where you download Google Chrome and it comes pre-installed with Google Drive, Google Docs, Google+ etc. Shoving things down people throat isn't going to end well.

magicalist 13y ago
As mentioned in the article, a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. I haven't updated to Windows 8 yet, but at least according to the help article[1], the Chrome installer asks if you want it to be your default browser. That might be something they added more recently, though. HighDPI is coming[2] [1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_topic=14660 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_top... [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457
- nivla 13y ago
  >a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. Ahh I think I got into this whole limbo by trying to set Chrome as my default browser in Desktop and IE as the default in metro. >HighDPI is coming Glad to hear that.
gibwell 13y ago
I routinely now encounter non-tech literate friends who are experiencing trouble doing things like printing, or working with attachments, that they understood how to do using their native OS, and don't understand why things are different. It always turns out to be that they are using Chrome.

by nivla 13y ago

magicalist 13y ago

As mentioned in the article, a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. I haven't updated to Windows 8 yet, but at least according to the help article[1], the Chrome installer asks if you want it to be your default browser. That might be something they added more recently, though. HighDPI is coming[2] [1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_topic=14660 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_top... [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457

nivla 13y ago
>a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. Ahh I think I got into this whole limbo by trying to set Chrome as my default browser in Desktop and IE as the default in metro. >HighDPI is coming Glad to hear that.

gibwell 13y ago

I routinely now encounter non-tech literate friends who are experiencing trouble doing things like printing, or working with attachments, that they understood how to do using their native OS, and don't understand why things are different. It always turns out to be that they are using Chrome.