Google Chrome OS and what it means to me

First what is it? Here is an excerpt from the Google blog.

"Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work."

To me Chrome OS will be a God send. I truly believe that the browser is the OS of the future as more and more applications move to the web. And as a web developer and internet marketeer, this means a lot.

Everyday the internet is turning conventional tactics of product or service delivery, on it's head. It is changing the very fabric of how we communicate and prioritize information. A great example of this is twitter. with the help of tools like TweetDeck, it helps get rid of the small talk and allows you to easily sift through the torrent of data coming down the line.

As the world becomes more and more entrenched in social digital communications, the WWW becoming a bigger and cooler player.

Chrome OS is the perfect OS for projects like 1 Laptop per child or for your child's first computer or even your technically inept relative.


What Chrome OS is not.

Chrome OS is not the "Windows Killer", at least not for a while and not in the Workstation sense. Before that can ever happen key applications like Auto CAD or Photoshop or development tools like Zend Studio(Eclipse), or Visual Studio would have to be ported to the web. I would say "or some 3rd party alternatives" but lets face it, the knock offs generally are not as good as the originals. But it is true, as more and more developers start to push the bounds of web technologies, we will see more and more of our daily lives transacting over the web.

As long as Google can keep it easy to use, easy to maintain, and secure, then Chrome OS will have unlimited potential as long as the brilliance of man continues to innovate on how we live, work, and play.