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1. Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 05:39:09 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

   I'm testing using a Chromebook for some work-related things, and... wow. ChromeOS looks pretty in some screenshots and has some nice ideas, but all together it's quite a mess.

   Play Store versus websites versus PWAs is muddy and the OS offers zero guidance. It's neat to be able to install Android apps, but the performance penalties are super painful.

   Some ideas like the pinned files area on the "shelf" seem weird but actually make a lot of sense to keep you out of a file manager app.

   Hm.

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   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 05:39:02 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

     in reply to

     It feels like Google wants ChromeOS to be a "real" OS with all the desktop features you'd expect, except it really just shines best as a glorified web browser. 😅

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   • Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Thursday, 02-Mar-2023 05:45:50 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

     in reply to

     As an example, there's only one app store made super visible on this laptop: the Google Play Store with Android apps. You open it and on the home page it advertises the Disney+ app. Cool! I'll install it!

     It takes forever and runs like crap. Dragging it across the screen makes it lag behind the cursor, and loading a single other webpage makes the video stream constantly freeze up.

     But if I go to the Disney+ website, it works great, with smooth video. But it recommends I open it in the app! 🤦