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I’m Using Google Chrome OS Already, What About You?

by Luca Filigheddu on March 1, 2010

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Since the launch of Chrome for Mac, it quickly became my favorite browser. Lightweight and very fast, it’s a mixture of ingredients that, in my opinion, make it the perfect browser. Moreover, the availability of  browser extensions help you forget all the additional features you can get with browsers like the popular (but very heavy and slow) Firefox.

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All that said, I find myself spending more and more time with the browser than any other app in my Mac, I basically use the browser for almost everything.

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Here is my basic toolkit:

Mail: Gmail

Calendar: Google Calendar (in sync with iCal)

Contacts: Google Contacts (in sync with my Droid)

News: Google Reader through Feedly

Twitter: Hootsuite / CoTweet / Seesmic Web

Facebook: Facebook :-)

ToDo: Remember the Milk (in sync with my Droid)

Notepad: Evernote

Chat/IM: Meebo

Can I call Chrome a sort of OS in the OS? Last but not least, Chrome threats tabs as independent processes so you can kill one without having to shut down the entire browser, something other browsers can’t do.

Unfortunately, there are still some apps I can’t replace easily, like Lightroom, Espresso (CSS/HTML editing for my blog), LittleSnapper (screenshots) and a few others. But it’s pretty clear that I’m already using Chrome OS (sorta) and it works very well.

What about you? Would you use Google Chrome for everything?

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I couldn't use Chrome for everything, but I really like the idea of it for laptops/netbooks.

I just hope we can install VoIP Solutions software on them, calling off my laptop is a great thing and I'd hate to lose it switching to Chrome OS

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Aniya

Hi Luca - I am loving Google Chrome after giving up Safari - I used to use Firefox but found it got too messy after a time - I loved the Safari start tab page and seeing as Chrome has a similar page that's what initially won me over and made me more curious to test it out - since then I have found it very fast as you say and there is no looking back for me. As for your list of web tools I notice you too use Evernote, I think it's a great invention and have it synced to all my macs and smartphones.

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Aniya

Hi Luca - I am loving Google Chrome after giving up Safari - I used to use Firefox but found it got too messy after a time - I loved the Safari start tab page and seeing as Chrome has a similar page that's what initially won me over and made me more curious to test it out - since then I have found it very fast as you say and there is no looking back for me. As for your list of web tools I notice you too use Evernote, I think it's a great invention and have it synced to all my macs and smartphones.

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jimgoldstein

Funny I hardly think of Chrome browser as the Chrome OS. While I like it as a browser I still find it limiting on my Apple computers. Fast, lightweight and stable it has filled the shoes of Firefox that has slowly become bloated and unreliable. Nothing in the foreseeable future is getting me away from Lightroom and Photoshop. I still use the two together. Primary focus for image sorting, cataloging, keywording and backups is done through Lightroom. More invasive edits are done in Photoshop.

As I think about it I can see Chrome as a virtual OS for anything of mine in the cloud. As it relates to computer based apps I see the two as distinctly separate still.

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