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Google Launches Chrome Apps for Mac
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So Macs can run OS X, Windows, AND Chrome OS now? I guess a Mac really is the only computer you'll ever need.
So Macs can run OS X, Windows, AND Chrome OS now? I guess a Mac really is the only computer you'll ever need.
Actually that is a very good point!
Freedom from choice is a better thing.
I think you may have just given Apple an idea for a new slogan.
What? Wave and Reader? Those were the two biggies, and the whole reason they cancelled those was due to the fact there weren't enough people using them to justify their upkeep.
Most everything else they've cancelled weren't cancelled outright, but rather ended up being recombined with other services. And hell, everyone does that. Even Apple. Don't see why Google is so much worse here.
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You are totally right! Remember when Google pulled the plug on Android, Youtube, Gmail, Google.com, Chrome, Google Docs and the Nexus line of phones? I sure do and everything crashed and burned. I'm sure there are many more popular Google things out there that they destroyed much to the absolute horror of their users.
Freedom from choice is a better thing.
I hope that icon at the end of your post is a "Granny Sarcasm" or a "Mockery Delicious" apple.
I'm sure chrome apps will see plenty of interest in the future.
For right now, this is the new chrome feature I care about: Need more bits (64-bit Mac version)
For right now, this is the new chrome feature I care about: Need more bits (64-bit Mac version)
Apple specifically has said it does not engage in this practice. Moreover, Apple's business model is much different then Googles.
Further, Google calls home repeatedly. This is especially bad when using Chrome, Little Snitch verified this. Moreover, it does it even when you delete its apps. I had to go into the terminal to get rid if Google tools that dialed home even when I had no Google apps on my Mac. Apple apps rarely call home.
a classic macrumors circle-jerk in here.
As a longtime iOS + web developer, I'm loving writing chrome apps. Only takes a slight adjustment from writing standard HTML5 webapps.
I write primarily internal-use enterprise apps, and deployment of cross-platform applications is a nightmare. chrome apps make it stupidly simple.
As a longtime iOS + web developer, I'm loving writing chrome apps. Only takes a slight adjustment from writing standard HTML5 webapps.
I write primarily internal-use enterprise apps, and deployment of cross-platform applications is a nightmare. chrome apps make it stupidly simple.
Funny you mention that. One of the "appeals" of OS/2 was that it could run Windows apps. The result was developers stopped bothering to develop for OS/2. Long term Google would love for everybody to develop Chrome apps not in addition to OSX/Windows but instead of OSX/Windows. Troy indeed.
Allow me to explain. Some of those developers already work for Google. If the app is very successful Google might buy it ... Google is a data collection company and I think it's a very good thing to keep both eyes wide open and think about the actual cost of their offers.
Is it really that hard to join a discussion without childish remarks like this?
And AppleWorks, and iDVD, and iWeb, and Bento… Anyone else?
I trust Apple more than I trust Google when it comes to the privacy of my personal information, but when it comes to unceremoniously dropping support for software and services, let's be honest here!
Unless you use a program like Little Snitch and have a good eye for potentially obfuscated code (when you even have access to it) you can't be certain that Google isn't accessed at some point in the line. MacRumors.com for instance has a good 50kb of Ajax code running straight from Google's own servers; do you have any idea what it does or what data they are pulling?
You could drive yourself crazy following through on all this and you don't even know at what points they are taking data. I'm also not certain that they could get anything worthwhile out of an (webcentric) app than they already have; furthermore, if they were perusing your hard drive I doubt that nobody would notice.
On a separate note, you might enjoy reading Planet Google by Randall Stross. It's a quick read and it's very interesting (albeit a bit outdated, comparatively speaking).
Sometimes, yes. Why do you ask?
They're already in the folder that this puts on your desktop post install. I downloaded the Keep app (great app btw) and everything was in there.Err... someone has it on their Mac already, hello.
So how do I get mine??? Where did they get the Gmail app??? I don't see it on Google App Store.
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Better visibility, I guess. Before, you may have 1-2 google apps, depending on which met your needs. Now, you get to see the whole library of google apps, which increases the chance of you trying out the other apps tout weren't already using?