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The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Posted Jan 18, 2011 15:45 UTC (Tue) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
Parent article: The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Uh what's the deal with those excessively large Ctrl/Alt/LShift keys?


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The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Posted Jan 18, 2011 17:27 UTC (Tue) by rillian (subscriber, #11344) [Link]

Compared to a normal US keyboard? There's no "Windows" key; they expanded ctrl and alt to share the space.

The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Posted Jan 18, 2011 17:34 UTC (Tue) by xxiao (subscriber, #9631) [Link]

chrome os will be among one of google's failed try-outs, it won't fly.

The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Posted Jan 18, 2011 18:42 UTC (Tue) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]

It does seem kind a like a research project done in the open. I suspect that even if it fails, it will influence other designs, Android at least, if not even other non google OSes, such as Windows.

The Cr-48 and Chrome OS: Google's vision of the net

Posted Jan 18, 2011 22:39 UTC (Tue) by jmm82 (guest, #59425) [Link]

Even if it fails they have already created a nice browser.

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