Stop! Web Time!

[andrewducker]

EDIT: The Web is _anything in a browser_. If it's not in a browser then it's not the web. If you use a chat client that's browser-based, then that counts. If you use one that's a program, then it doesn't.

[Poll #1657175]

The reason I'm curious is Google's pushing of the Chrome laptops - which are designed to be web only. I know that a lot of my time is spent on the web nowadays, but I'm curious as to what percentage most people spend on it.

(Non-web usages of the computer are either playing non-web games (Dragon Age and Super Meat Boy this week) and watching videos - although that's mostly on Julie's PC, as it's in the bedroom.)

The second question is because there was a big battle over MS Office versus OpenOffice, and I realised that I don't really use Office at home since I stopped sending letters. I still have it (the joy of a brother who works for Microsoft), but I can't see me using it.

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[andlosers.livejournal.com]

I don't play games, but Office, Eclipse and Photoshop are musts for me.

Even the creator of Gmail (who is no longer with Google) has said that he'd be very surprised if ChromeOS lasts a year. Most obvious thing would be for it to be absorbed into Android - which, in my opinion, would make for a very compelling platform.

I'm really enjoying the web store in my desktop version of Chrome though. Tweetdeck in particular is refreshing.

[andrewducker]

What's different about Tweetdeck in Chrome?

I'd also expect Chrome and Android to merge in some way. If Android supported being in something with a keyboard I'd be very happy.

[andlosers.livejournal.com]

It doesn't use Adobe Air - it seems to be a completely web standards compliant version, which is lovely. In my scientific tests it runs 9000% as fast.

[andrewducker]

Interesting. I'll have to have a dig. Not that I'm not entirely happy with my current copy of Tweetdeck.