For people who hate this article, can you please share why you hate it instead of just saying it sucks?
It was meant to stir things up obviously, but I thought that the various points brought up were really valid.
It was meant to stir things up obviously, but I thought that the various points brought up were really valid.
He's right that the netbook market is tiny, but it's also poorly served by existing operating systems, so it might be a reasonable place to start. And it certainly makes sense for Google to make using webapps easier, because their core business is based on all that traffic.
Anyhow, the article felt to me like it was trying too hard -- lots of hyperbole but few ideas.
"You also may not have noticed, but nobody uses Chrome. I mean think about it. Do you know anyone who uses Chrome? Really?"
Aside from the stat-based argument (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=694756): I've been repeatedly surprised by the non-technical people around me who are on Chrome. My girlfriend downloaded it literally the day it came out, when I had read just a blog post or two about it. My parents, various friends' parents, the list just goes on and on, and none of them are nerds. It's startling how effortlessly Chrome has permeated public consciousness.
I don't hate the article, but I think fake steve jobs has jumped the shark.
Chrome usage is growing at an astounding rate in the 'webapp' world. Wouldn't be surprised if it overtakes IE8 soon.
Most people don't have the slighest clue what a browser is, nevermind an opinion about them.
You can make a video asking people in Times Square what a preposition is, and get similar quality of response. That doesn't mean they don't know the difference between 'and' and 'but'.
As for opinion: people can distinguish between the fast one and the slow one.
"Linux still doesn't run right." BS, his own blog runs on linux.
"Chrome is shit?" BS, Safari copied every single innovation of chrome.
"Nobody uses Chrome?" Lol, chrome is almost beating Safari already.
"Netbook sucks." Who cares, Chrome will start up on netbooks and go all the way up to desktops. They have to start somewhere and starting on a niche such as netbook is a good idea.
"Operatin system are hard to build." The GCOS is based on linux, 19 year old now, not to mention the gcc and glibc so almost 30 year old. And chrome already rocks.
- He said Linux doesn't run right on the desktop.
- And Chrome copied every innovation of Firefox. And Firefox copied every innovation of Opera. Etc.
- And together they add up to less of the web's users than IE6, sadly.
- You don't know that.
- I'm done feeding the troll.