Comment by Calwestjobs

1 year ago

Chrome OS allowed this even before 2020. So you could open Linux (even GUI) and android app right next to each other... Had whole JS dev workflow/toolchain running on that ( did not want to clog my main computer with that ). Problem with mixing apps is that for some you have to use mouse/ stylus because their GUI was not meant to be touched.

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modeless  1 year ago

It's a shame that Chrome OS was subsumed by Android instead of the other way around. IMO in many ways it had better foundations.

  • ignoramous  1 year ago

    > IMO in many ways it had better foundations

    Security-wise: True; but Android is a gigantic yet well-oiled ecosystem at this point, from silicon designers to manufacturers to vendors to developers, running on handhelds to TVs to wearables to gaming devices (including AR/VR consoles).

    > shame that Chrome OS was subsumed by Android

    ChromeOS had a decade but Google is wise focus on just one desktop platform. I don't think it should surprise anybody that a platform with 3bn users & 2mn odd apps won out.

    • cj  1 year ago

      Using android on a laptop with a keyboard and mousepad was always an awkward experience. It's kind of like trying to use an iPad as your main computing device. Similarly bad experience.

      Hopefully they work on that.

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