Originally posted on March 25, 2010 @ 9:05 am
One of the things I absolutely loved about using Jolicloud on my Asus Eee PC is the App Launcher. On the latest version of Jolicloud, the app launcher runs on Google Chrome, thus eliminating the need for Mozilla Prism.
I originally scoffed at Google Chrome OS when it first came out. Well, there was plenty to scoff at then, actually. I didn’t like the fact that it was just a browser and nothing else. Yeah, I know Chrome OS is made as a cloud operating system, but back then, it felt too… bare. It was just a browser, and nothing more.
But finally, Google Chrome has finally done something that made me interested in the netbook operating system: an app launcher!
From Liliputing:
Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating System is designed to put the net back into netbooks. It’s basically an operating system built around a web browser. While it will have some offline capabilities that will allow you to do things like watch cached videos and read cached web sites while you’re not near an internet connection, the browser will be the main application. If you want to run an office suite to create and edit documents, Google will suggest Google Docs or other web-based office suites such as Zoho. Want to listen to music? How about Pandora or Lala?
But just because there are no native desktop apps doesn’t mean there won’t be an app launcher. The latest pre-release builds of Google Chrome, compiled by Hexxeh, includes an app launcher that you can open up with the click of a button to launch web apps.
Now I’m compelled to download a pre-release version of Chrome OS just to try it out.